Legal Opinion
William Mallory v. George C. Eyrich
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1988No. 87-3838PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1982), applies to judicial elections. Section 2, as amended in 1982, provides:
§ 1973. Denial or abridgement of right to vote on account of race or color through voting qualifications or prerequisites; establishment of violation(a) No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or procedure shall ,be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- 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 by22 opinions
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Mallory v. EyrichCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Ronald Chisom v. Edwin Edwards, in His Capacity as Governor of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Williams v. State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. ClementsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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