Legal Opinion
Apache County v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 26, 1966No. Civ. A. 292-66PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, and HOLTZOFF, District Judge. LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an action, the first of its kind, brought under Section 4(a) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 1 by plaintiff counties and the State of Arizona for a declaratory judgment that would permit reinstatement of the operation of the literacy test which Arizona’s legislature has prescribed as a requirement for voter registration. 2 Specifically, plaintiffs seek a judgment declaring that this literacy test has not been “used during the five years preceding the filing…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Sam Fox Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Elk v. WilkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Donnell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Victoria Posada v. Lamb County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Commissioners Court of Medina County, Texas v. United States of America Antonio Garcia, IIICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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