Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided April 8, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-T-1158-NPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
This lawsuit is a challenge to the at-large system used to elect members of the Baldwin County Board of Education. This case is one among many, now pending in this court, challenging the at-large election systems and various features of those systems used by many cities, counties, and county school boards across Alabama. Here the plaintiff class, which includes all black citizens of Baldwin County, charges that the system used by the Baldwin County school board violates § 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. A. §…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by71 opinions
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