Legal Opinion
Brown v. Moore
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided December 13, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-298-PPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND' ORDER AS TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ET AL.
PITTMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an action brought by Leila G. Brown, and other black plaintiffs representing all Mobile County, Alabama, blacks as a class, claiming the present at-large system of electing county commissioners and school commissioners abridges the rights of the County’s black citizens under the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983; and under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended,…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Harradine v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Brown v. BOARD OF SCH. COM'RS OF MOBILE CTY., ALA.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1982
- Clark v. Marengo CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1979
- Brown v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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