Legal Opinion
Cane v. Worcester County, Md.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 6, 1995No. Civ. Y-92-3226PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, Senior District Judge.
In Cane v. Worcester County, 35 F.3d 921 (4th Cir.1994), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the Court’s finding that the at-large electoral system used by Worcester County (“County”) for election of the County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) was violative of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, 1 and reversed and remanded the Court’s imposition of a remedial system based upon cumulative voting with instructions to afford the County an opportunity to submit a plan to remedy the § 2 violation. In accordance with the remand, the County proffered…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Honiss W. Cane, Jr. v. Worcester County, Maryland George M. Hurley John E. Bloxom Reginald T. Hancock Floyd F. Bassett Jeanne Lynch, Members, Worcester County Board of Commissioners, and George H. Dryden Hinson Finney Mark Frostrom, United States of America Center for Voting and Democracy Republican National Committee, Amici Curiae. Honiss W. Cane, Jr. v. Worcester County, Maryland George M. Hurley John E. Bloxom Reginald T. Hancock, Floyd F. Bassett Jeanne Lynch, Members, Worcester County Board of Commissioners, and George H. Dryden Hinson Finney Mark Frostrom, United States of America Center for Voting and Democracy Republican National Committee, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995