Foreman v. Dallas County Texas

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs-appellees, B.C. Foreman, Ida Clark, Otis Tarver, Dominic De La Cruz,. Louis Davis, and Mandy Persina (“plaintiffs”), served as precinct election judges in Dallas County, Texas. The plaintiffs subsequently lost those positions when the defendants-appellants, Dallas County, the Commissioners Court of Dallas County, and other (“defendants”), adopted a new method of appointing precinct election judges. The plaintiffs subsequently sued the defendants under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., alleging that the defendants had…