Legal Opinion
United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 1978No. 76-1662PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beennan
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Act), 79 Stat. 439, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c (1970 ed., Supp. V),1 *113requires that States, like Alabama, which are covered under § 4 of the Act, 79 Stat. 438, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973b (1970 ed., Supp. V),2 obtain prior federal approval before changing any voting practice or procedure that was in effect on November 1, 1964. The questions for decision in this case are (1) whether § 5 requires an Alabama city that has never conducted voter registration3 to obtain preclearance of a voting change and (2), if so, whether the failure of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by221 opinions
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- Hathorn v. LovornSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Intervenors.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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