Legal Opinion

Dillard v. Chilton County Commission

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided September 21, 2006No. Civil Action 2:87CV1179-MHTPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This suit is before the court on the issue of how to undo the 1988 injunction it vacated on August 14, 2006, in Dillard v. Chilton County Comm’n, 447 F.Supp.2d 1273 (M.D.Ala.2006). The court must determine how to restore Chilton County, Alabama to an election scheme completely free of the 1988 injunction in a way that is feasible, equitable, and constitutional. For the reasons that follow, the court agrees to the suggestion of the commission and the county probate judge that the undoing of the 1988 injunction conform to the regular election cycle of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. Wise v. LipscombSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. McDaniel v. SanchezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Clark v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dillard v. Chilton County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
  2. Dillard v. Chilton County CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2007
  3. Dillard v. Colbert County CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2007
  4. Dillard v. Chilton County CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2009

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