Legal Opinion
Dillard v. City of Greensboro
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 26, 1997No. Civil Action 87-T-1223-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
This ten-year-old lawsuit, brought by plaintiffs, African-American citizens of defendant City of Greensboro, Alabama, claiming that the at-large system used by the city to elect its city council members violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973, appears to have reached a long-sought end. This lawsuit is now before the court on the Special Master Richard M. Gervase’s reports and recommendation of Plan B for redistrieting the city. The plan, according to the Special Master, will “completely remedy” the city’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Miller v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Bush v. VeraSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- White v. WeiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dillard v. City of GreensboroDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1999
- Larios v. CoxDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2004