Legal Opinion
Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1991No. 90-2439PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs sued under section two (as amended) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1988) (Section Two), for relief from an alleged violation stemming from the Indiana General Assembly’s 1981 apportionment. The complaint, filed March 2, 1990, challenged Indiana House Districts 49 and 51 and requested both a declaratory judgment that the districts violated Section Two and an injunction to revise the procedure for the then-upcoming November 1990 election. Plaintiffs also proposed creation of a single-member district consisting of nineteen precincts from the two…
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