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League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4836 v. Midland Independent School District

District Court, W.D. Texas

Decided September 10, 1986No. MO-85-CA-001PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUNTON, District Judge.

This Court has been requested by a panel of the Fifth Circuit 1 to determine whether or not Thornberg, et al. v. Gingles, et al. has any application to the situation that exists in the attempt by Appellees to have School Trustees in the Midland Independent School District elected in a manner other than at-large. In other words, the Court has been requested to “Gingleize” (pronounced gin-gull-eyes) its previous decision.

At the outset, the Court recalls a song fairly popular in the late 30’s or early 40’s that went in part as follows:

I’ve got spurs that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wallace v. JaffreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Neal v. ColeburnDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
  2. League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. ClementsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. Mellow v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Williams v. City of DallasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1990
  5. McDaniels v. MehfoudDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988

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