Legal Opinion
Bossier Parish School Bd. v. Reno
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 2, 1995No. Civ. A. 94-1495 (LHS (USCA), CRR, GK)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*437 MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THREE-JUDGE COURT UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, Bossier Parish School Board, seeks preelearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, for its proposed redistricting. We shall grant the requested preelearance.
I
Bossier Parish is located in northwestern Louisiana, bordered on the north by Arkansas. As reported by the 1990 census, Bossier Parish’s population is 86,088, of whom 20.1% are black. Blacks constitute 17.6% of the voting age population of Bossier Parish and 15.5% of its registered voters. Bossier…
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Reno v. Bossier Parish School BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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