Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Monterey County, Cal.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 10, 1995No. C-91-20559-RMW (EAI)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ENJOINING ELECTIONS PENDING PRECLEARANCE OF PERMANENT PLAN EXCEPT FOR COURT-ORDERED SPECIAL ELECTION IN 1995
WHYTE, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is a case in which the plaintiffs challenged the implementation of six Monterey County ordinances on the ground that they were not precleared as required by the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. The ordinances consolidated two municipal and seven justice court districts into a single municipal court district with the judges being elected at large from the entire county. The court previously determined that the ordinances were subject…
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