Legal Opinion
Knox v. Milwaukee County Board of Elections Commissioners
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 17, 1984No. 83-C-2039PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WARREN, District Judge.
Background
On December 30, 1983, plaintiffs, four black and two Hispanic residents of Milwaukee County, filed their complaint in this action, alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1983), and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1981), for deprivations of rights secured under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. In their complaint, plaintiffs charge that a reapportionment plan adjusting the various boundaries of Milwaukee County supervisory districts consistent with 1980 census…
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