Legal Opinion
in Re Marcelino Rodriguez, Donna Jean Fargas, and Linda Marie Wiltz Gilmore
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided October 17, 2013No. 09-13-00434-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.
In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, we address how the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, 1 which declared sec tion four of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 2 unconstitutional, impacts the Beaumont Independent School District’s 3 trustee election, presently scheduled on November 5, 2013. The November election, previously scheduled in May 2013, did not occur in May because it was enjoined by a federal court exercising jurisdiction over BISD’s suit seeking preclearance. See Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.S. §§…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2002
- Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
- Shelby County v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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