Legal Opinion

Lulac of Texas v. State of Texas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 16, 1997No. 96-50714Published

1Opinion of the Court

REVISED United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. No. 96-50714. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC) OF TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee. May 27, 1997. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Before DAVIS, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: The sole issue on appeal is whether the single-judge district court erred in determining that LULAC's claim under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c (1994), is "wholly insubstantial" and, thus, undeserving of the attention of a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Goosby v. OsserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Perkins v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Hathorn v. LovornSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. City of Lockhart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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