Legal Opinion
Vecinos DeBarrio Uno v. City of Holyoke
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 27, 1995No. Civ. A. 92-30052-MAPPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs, two Hispanic community organizations and eight Hispanic citizens of the City of Holyoke, challenge the city’s election system for School Committee and City Council, charging that its at-large components violate the federal Voting Rights Act of 1982. 1 This statute prohibits electoral mechanisms that provide minorities “less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.” 42 U.S.C. § 1973(b).
Having considered the testimony and exhibits…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of HolyokeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of HolyokeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
- Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of HolyokeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996
- Vecinos de Barrio v. City of HolyokeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995