Legal Opinion
Judson Edge, Ronald J. Foust, Georgia L. Deriso, David W. Tietjen, and Arthur Watts v. Sumter County School District
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 1985No. 84-8489PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
In this Voting Rights Act ease, five residents of Sumter County, Georgia, challenge a court-ordered reapportionment plan for the election of county school board members. We vacate and remand on the ground that the district court failed to properly follow the controlling cases and misapplied Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973. Following the guide of the Supreme Court, however, we specifically provide that the persons elected under the plan can remain in office until the next election, November, 1986, by which time a valid plan can be adopted.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Burton Ex Rel. Republican Party v. SheheenDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1992
- Dillard v. Crenshaw CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
- United States v. Dallas County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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