Legal Opinion
Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 20, 1996No. Civ. A. 89-T-196-NPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
ORDER
The issue presented to this three-judge court is whether officials of the State of Alabama failed to obtain preclearance for a change from staggered to concurrent terms for members of the State Board of Education, in violation of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. We hold that State officials should have but failed to obtain preclearance for the change.
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In 1969, the Alabama Legislature passed a law, now codified as § 16-3-1 of the 1975 Alabama Code, providing for staggered four-year terms for the eight-member State Board…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perkins v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. County of Buena VistaSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Ross v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Shuford v. Alabama State Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
- United States v. LouisianaDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1997
- United States v. State of La.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1997