Legal Opinion
Herman Lodge v. J. F. Buxton, Ray Delaigle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1981No. 78-3241PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff class, consisting of all Black residents of Burke County, Georgia, brought this action to have that county’s system of at-large elections declared invalid as violative of the First, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1973. The District Court for the Southern District of Georgia held for the plaintiffs, on the grounds that the at-large election process was maintained for the purpose of limiting Black access to the political system in violation of their Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment rights.…
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3Cited by55 opinions
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