Legal Opinion
French v. Boner
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided June 27, 1991No. 3-91-0312PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HIGGINS, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court as a reapportionment action pursuant to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq.), and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988.
The plaintiffs are three members of the Metropolitan Council, two white and one black; and four private citizens of Nashville, Tennessee, two white and two black.
Defendant is The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.1 The Metropolitan Government is a consolidated government, pursuant to Section…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wise v. LipscombSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Marengo County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,071 Ann Brown v. Ferro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- French v. BonerDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1992