Legal Opinion
Goosby v. Town Bd. of Town of Hempstead, NY
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 20, 1997No. 1:88-cv-02453PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION
GLEESON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action against the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead (“the Town Board”) and other defendants alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the United States Constitution. On February 20,1997,1 concluded that the at-large system used for electing members of the Town Board operates to invidiously exclude black voters from effective participation in political life in the Town of Hempstead (“the Town”), in violation of Section 2. I ordered the Town Board to submit a remedial plan…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by9 opinions
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