Legal Opinion
Yumori-Kaku v. City of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 2020No. H046105Published
1Opinion of the Court
Filed 12/30/20 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT LADONNA YUMORI-KAKU et al., H046105, H046696 (Santa Clara County Plaintiffs and Respondents, Super. Ct. No. 17CV319862) v. CITY OF SANTA CLARA, Defendant and Appellant. Five Asian American residents sued the City of Santa Clara (City) contending that at-large elections for the office of city council violated the California Voting Rights Act of 2001. The trial court agreed after a bench trial that occurrences of racially polarized voting impaired the ability of Asian American…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Bush v. VeraSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Ghirardo v. AntonioliCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
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