Legal Opinion
LaRoque v. Holder
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 20, 2010No. Civil Action 10-0561(JDB)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, five private citizens and a private membership association, filed this action challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (“Section 5”), see 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, both facially and as applied to the Attorney General’s refusal under Section 5 to “preclear” a proposed amendment to the Kinston, North Carolina city charter. The amendment, adopted by Kinston voters in a November 2008 referendum, would have replaced the city’s current electoral system — in which candidates for mayor or city council must either be…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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