Legal Opinion
Bridgeport Coalition for Fair Representation v. City of Bridgeport
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 25, 1994No. 1592, Docket 93-9254PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:
The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, appeals the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction prohibiting it from conducting city elections under its 1993 reapportionment plan. The court found that the plaintiffs, a coalition of minority rights advocates, were likely to succeed on their claim that the City violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act1 by diluting minority voting opportunities in reapportioning its City Council electoral districts on May 27, 1993. Its order required the City to adopt a redistricting plan designed to achieve balanced voting…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Nixon v. Kent CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Rodriguez v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Deere & Co. v. MTD Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Arizona Independent Redistricting CommissionDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2005
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