Legal Opinion
Sumter County Democratic Executive Committee v. W. E. Dearman, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1975No. 74-2124PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This appeal brings before us once again the difficult and complex problems that we must face in our Constitutionally and Congressionally mandated duty to ensure that the right to vote of no American is abridged. Holding that under Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c, the determination of whether there has been a change in a voting practice or procedure must be made by a three-Judge Court, we vacate the District Court order and remand for such a determination. 1
Code of Ala., Tit. 17, §§ 344, 348, first promulgated in 1931 but with important…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perkins v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gonzalez v. Automatic Employees Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- MTM, Inc. v. BaxleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Jim Robinson v. J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Attorney General of the United States of America, William P. Nunn, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. Saint Landry Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Coalition to Preserve Houston v. Interim Board of Trustees of Westheimer Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- League of United Latin American Citizens (Lulac) of Texas v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Reverend Herman L. Driskell v. Honorable Edwin W. Edwards, Governor, State of Louisiana, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Barbara D. Ward v. W. E. DearmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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