Legal Opinion
Taylor v. McKeithen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1974No. 71-2783PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a racial gerrymander not by a state legislature but by a federal district court. The trial judge was well intentioned, of course, but his plan for drawing the boundaries of four state senate voting districts in New Orleans cannot be considered “benign districting” as the Supreme Court used that term in remanding this case to the Court of Appeals.
This litigation started as a frontal attack on the self-reapportionment of the Louisiana legislature under Acts 107 and 108 of 1970. In 1971, in five suits the plaintiffs attacked the legislative…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Beer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nevett v. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Major v. TreenDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983
- George Wallace, Sr. v. J. P. House, Individually and as Registrar of Voters of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, L. W. Davis, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Ethelyn Gilbert v. W. L. Sterrett, Dallas County Judge, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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