Clark v. Roemer

WRITTEN REASONS ON MOTION TO DISSOLVE INJUNCTION

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

On September 28, 1990, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rendered an en banc decision in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Clements, 914 F.2d 620, a case involving a challenge to at-large election of Texas trial judges. The majority opinion held that the 1982 amendment to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1973) providing for a “results” test method of proving vote dilution claims does not apply to judicial elections. The Fifth Circuit’s prior decision in Chisom v.…