Legal Opinion
Williams v. City of Texarkana
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1994No. Nos. 92-3475, 93-1713PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The City of Texarkana, Arkansas, appeals from the district court’s1 judgment ordering implementation of a remedial plan entered following the district court’s ruling that the scheme for electing members of Texarkana’s governing body violated section two of the Voting Rights Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1973. We affirm.
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Four black registered voters of Texarkana commenced this action, alleging that the 4-3 scheme for electing the seven members of the Board of Directors, Texarkana’s governing body, dilutes the voting strength of blacks and denies them the opportunity to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Chapman v. MeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- East Carroll Parish School Board v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wise v. LipscombSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Upham v. SeamonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Bone Shirt v. HazeltineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- AR State Conference NAACP v. AR Board of ApportionmentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2023
- Londell Williams James Louis Joyce Grissom Mattie Roberson v. City of Texarkana, Arkansas, a Public Body Corporate Bobby Ferguson, Mayor of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Bobby Ferguson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Danny Gray, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Hubert Easley, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Jim Nicholas, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Nelson Shaw, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Greg Giles, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors, Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission David Orr, in His Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission Lou Ann Dean, in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission Margaret McRaney in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission, Londell Williams James Lewis Joyce Grissom Mattie Roberson v. City of Texarkana, Arkansas, a Public Body Corporate Bobby Ferguson, Mayor of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Bobby Ferguson, Individually and in His Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Danny Gray, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Hubert Easley, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Jim Nicholas, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Nelson Shaw, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Greg Giles, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Texarkana Arkansas Board of Directors v. The Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission David Orr, in His Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission Lou Ann Dean, in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission Margaret McRaney in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Jewell v. Miller County Election CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Alfred Bone Shirt v. Joyce HazeltineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
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