Legal Opinion
Chen v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 6, 1998No. Civ.A. H-97-1180PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ATLAS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs, residents of the Defendant City of Houston (the “City,”), 1 filed this voting rights case alleging that the City engaged in racial gerrymandering in developing its 1997 city council redistricting plan. The 1997 redistricting was required because the City in late 1996 annexed the Kingwood area with a population of over 40,000 and three other populated areas with a combined population of almost 5,000 persons. 2 In July 1997, the City’s 1997 redistricting plan received Department of Justice preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Little v. Liquid Air Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Burton v. City of Belle GladeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Chen v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Rodriguez v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Brown v. Blum, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
- Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, Va.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2009
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