Legal Opinion
League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1990No. 90-8014PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Today we must decide whether Congress, by amending Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in 1982 to add a “results” test for dilution of minority voting strength, meant to subject the selection of state judges to the same test as that for representative political offices by incorporating language from the Supreme Court decision in White v. Regester.1 For reasons to be given — and for the cardinal reason that judges need not be elected at all — we conclude that it did not.
In summary, these are that Congress was at great pains to phrase the new Section 2 in such language as to…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Atascadero State Hospital v. ScanlonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
35 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by27 opinions
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Nipper v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Stanford Smith A/K/A Willie Ellis EveleighCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Clark v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.