Legal Opinion
League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of Boerne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 2011No. 10-50290, 10-50416PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Michael R. Morton, seeks to intervene in a suit under the Voting Rights Act that was originally filed in 1996 by the League of United Latin American Citizens, District 19 (“LULAC”), against the city of Boerne, Texas. LULAC and the city reached a settlement agreement in 1996, and the district court entered a consent decree which provided that city council members would thereafter be elected through at-large elections with cumulative voting. In 2009, LULAC and the city filed a joint motion to reopen the case and modify the consent decree in order to switch…
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