Legal Opinion
Presley v. Etowah County Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 27, 1992No. 90-711PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
In various Alabama counties voters elect members of county commissions whose principal function is to supervise *494and control the maintenance, repair, and construction of the county roads. See Ala. Code §§11-3-1, 11-3-10 (1975). The consolidated appeals now before us concern certain changes in the decisionmaking authority of the elected members on two different county commissions, and the question to be decided is whether these were changes “with respect to voting” within the meaning of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c. These cases have…
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