Legal Opinion
Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided August 8, 1989No. CIV-1-87-388PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDGAR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, who are black citizens of Chattanooga, Tennessee, have brought this action challenging the system for selecting members of the Board of Commissioners, Chattanooga’s governing body. Plaintiffs allege that this system, which features at-large elections for members of the Board of Commissioners, is in violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, in that it (1) was adopted, and is being maintained, with the discriminatory purpose of diluting black voting strength; and (2) results in the denial or abridgment, on…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Maxine B. Cousin v. Don Sundquist State Election Commission Brook Thompson Hamilton County Election Commission Carolyn JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Lewis v. Alamance CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. City of EuclidDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2008
- Garza v. County of Los Angeles, Cal.District Court, C.D. California · 1991
- Bjornestad v. HulseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
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