Legal Opinion

Connors v. Bennett

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided May 17, 2002No. CIV.A.02-A-482-NPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*1310 MEMORANDUM OPINION

FRANK M. HULL, Circuit Judge.

This three-judge court has been convened to hear a case implicating the pre-clearance mandate of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. Plaintiffs are Marty Connors, the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, and George Nathan Grisham, a registered voter in Alabama State Senate District 14. Defendants are the Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett and nine local election officials for the counties included in Alabama State Senate District 14 (collectively, “State Defendants”). This dispute centers around…

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National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Hampton County Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion

Connors v. BennettDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2002