Legal Opinion
Gingles v. Edmisten
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided April 20, 1984No. 81-803-CIV-5PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
In this action Ralph Gingles and others, individually and as representatives of a class composed of all the black citizens of North Carolina who are registered to vote, challenge on constitutional and statutory grounds the redistricting 1 plan enacted-in final form in 1982 by the General Assembly of North Carolina for the election of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of that state’s bicameral legislature. Jurisdiction of this three-judge district court is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, and 2284 (three judge court) and…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by87 opinions
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