Legal Opinion
Jeffers v. Clinton
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided January 26, 1990No. H-C-89-004PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.*
In 1981 the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, consisting of the then Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General, placed into effect a plan of apportionment for the General Assembly. Seventeen black electors 1 bring this suit, claiming the plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. They ask us to hold the existing arrangement of Senate and House districts unlawful, order a new plan into effect for the 1990 elections, and place…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Connor v. FinchSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gingles v. EdmistenDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Lewellen v. RaffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Smith v. ClintonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1988
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Jesus Salas, Agustin Negrete and Benjamin Menchaca v. Southwest Texas Junior College DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Turner v. State of Ark.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1991
- Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. SchaeferDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1994
- DeGrandy v. WetherellDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1992
- Burton Ex Rel. Republican Party v. SheheenDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1992
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