Legal Opinion

Turner v. State of Ark.

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided November 15, 1991No. Civ. LR-C-91-295PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

EISELE, Senior District Judge.

Defendants’ motion to dismiss or alternatively for summary judgment is before the Court. This is a voting rights case in which a three-judge court has been appointed. For the reasons discussed below, the Court will grant in part and deny in part the motion for summary judgment.

There are three issues. First, this Court has been asked to decide whether the State of Arkansas, its governor and legislature violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution when it enacted legislation aligning and redistricting the four…

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2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Johnson v. MillerDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
  2. DeGrandy v. WetherellDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1992
  3. Rodriguez v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
  4. Legislative Redistricting CasesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
  5. In Re Senate Joint Resolution 2GSupreme Court of Florida · 1992

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