Legal Opinion
Dolph Briscoe, Governor of the State of Texas v. Edward H. Levi, United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 19, 1976No. 75-1903PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
The State of Texas in this litigation contends that the Attorney General and the Director of the Census incorrectly determined that Texas became subject to the corrective provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1 by virtue of the 1975 amendments 2 thereto, because more than five percent of the voting age citizens of Texas are members of a single (foreign) language minority and because Texas printed at least some of its election materials only in English as of November 1,1972. The judgment of the district…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. MenascheSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Thermtron Products, Inc. v. HermansdorferSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Leedom v. KyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Briscoe v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mister Ralpho v. J. Raymond Bell, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Sandberg v. Virginia Bankshares, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Gallagher & Ascher Co. v. SimonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Certified Color Manufacturers Association v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of the Department of HewCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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