Legal Opinion

James Rodriguez v. Harris County, Texas, et

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 9, 2015No. 13-20491UnpublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Regarding their proposed Latino-opportunity voting district, Latino citizens of Harris County, Texas, claim the county violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 (previously codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1973). Primarily at issue is whether the district court erred in concluding plaintiffs failed to propose a hypothetical district in which the Latino voting-age population was sufficiently compact, a precondition to their § 2 claim, based on the proposed district’s not sufficiently comporting with traditional district-ing principles. Rodriguez v. Harris Cnty.,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Miller v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Vieth v. JubelirerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Perez v. AbbottDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2017
  4. Hall v. LouisianaDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2015
  5. Luna v. Cnty. of KernDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2018

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