Legal Opinion
Holder v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1994No. 91-2012PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Kennedy, joined by The Chief Justice
This case presents the question whether the size of a governing authority is subject to a vote dilution challenge under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U. S. C. § 1973.
I
The State of Georgia has 159 counties, one of which is Bleckley County, a rural county in central Georgia. Black persons make up nearly 20% of the eligible voting population in Bleckley County. Since its creation in 1912, the county has had a single-commissioner form of government for the exercise of “county governing authority.” See Ga. Code Ann. § 1 — 3—3(7) (Supp. 1993). Under this system, the *877Bleckley County…
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