Dillard v. City of Greensboro

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This ease presents our circuit’s first opportunity to reexamine the drawing of voting districts following the Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Johnson, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 2475, 132 L.Ed.2d 762 (1995). Because the district court did not have the benefit of Miller when it adopted the challenged redistricting plan, we remand the ease to allow the district court to reevaluate the plan under Miller.

I. BACKGROUND

Over a decade ago, this case originated as a class-action brought by black citizens of Alabama (“Dillard”) to challenge the at-large voting systems 1 used to…