Legal Opinion
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Georgia
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided August 25, 2017No. 1:17-cv-1427-TCB-WSD-BBMPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MARTIN, Circuit Judge
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Lavelle Lemon, Marlon Reid, Lauretha Celeste Sims, Patricia Smith, and Coley Tyson (“plaintiffs”) bring this action alleging that Georgia’s 2015 redistricting of Georgia House of Representatives Districts .105 and 111 resulted from racial and partisan gerrymandering that violates the Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301. Doc. 1 ¶¶ 1-4, 20-25. The redistricting challenged here is embodied in Georgia Act No. 251, 2015 Ga. Laws 1413 (“H.B. 566”). Id. ¶ 1, These plaintiffs…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
37 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
- Marnika Lewis v. Governor of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Coca v. Dodge City, Kansas, City ofDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2023
- Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. State of GeorgiaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2023
- NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, INC. v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2022
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.