Legal Opinion
John Monroe v. City of Woodville, Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1989No. 88-4433PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, black residents of Woodville, Mississippi, brought this action in 1985 against the City of Woodville alleging that the city’s aldermanic election system diluted the voting strength of Woodville’s black residents in violation of Section 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. (1982). Appellants would have the court superintend the division of Woodville’s single electoral district into four single-member districts. The district court originally granted summary judgment to appellees. Monroe v. City of Woodville,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by27 opinions
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