Legal Opinion
City of Port Arthur, Tex. v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 12, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-0648PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory relief brought under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,42 U.S.C. § 1973c (Supp. 1974-1980). 1 Unless a state or political sub division receives the approval of the Attorney General of the United States for a change in its voting standards, practices or procedures, section 5 requires that the entity must demonstrate to a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that the change it seeks to enforce has neither the purpose nor effect of denying or abridging the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Mars Ketchum v. Jane M. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Busbee v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
- City of Port Arthur v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Rybicki v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS OF STATE OF ILL.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
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