Legal Opinion
Duckworth v. State Administration Board of Election Laws
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2003No. 02-1936PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge GOODWIN joined.
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question of first impression before our court of whether a plaintiff can sustain his attack on the constitutionality of congressional district apportionment by alleging that the challenged districts are bizarrely drawn.
Appellant, Robert P. Duckworth, sued various Maryland agencies and officials, appellees, alleging that their enforcement of the state’s 2002 congressional reapportionment statute, Laws of Maryland Chapter 340,…
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- Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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