Legal Opinion

Cousin v. McWherter

District Court, E.D. Tennessee

Decided January 26, 1994No. 1:90-CV-339PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

HULL, District Judge.

In the Court’s Memorandum Opinion dated January 13, 1994, 840 F.Supp. 1210, the Court found a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in regard to Hamilton County’s use of at-large elections for judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and for the judges of the Court of General Sessions in Hamilton County. Therefore, this matter is before the Court to address a remedy to cure this violation.

First, the Court hereby ENJOINS the State from conducting any more elections under this at-large system of elections for the judges of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Groseclose v. DuttonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  3. Cousin v. McWherterDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Common Cause v. RuchoDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2018

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