Legal Opinion
Bolden v. City of Mobile, Alabama
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided October 28, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-297-PPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PITTMAN, Chief Judge.
This action is brought by Wiley L. Bolden and other black plaintiffs representing all Mobile, Alabama, blacks as a class, claiming the present at-large system of electing city commissioners abridges the rights of the city’s black citizens under the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983; and under the Voting Rights Act of 1966, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, et seq.
Plaintiffs alleged that the existing commission form of government elected…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by27 opinions
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Nevett v. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Wiley L. Bolden v. City of Mobile, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Medders v. Autauga County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1994
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