Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Vining
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided May 14, 1981No. Civ. A. 76-199-MACPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, Chief Judge:
This action is brought by Willie Bailey and other black plaintiffs representing all black citizens of Putnam County, Georgia, and of Eatonton, Georgia, as a class, claiming that the at-large method of electing the city’s mayor and commissioners, the county commissioners, and the county board of education members abridges the rights of the city and county blacks under the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. After repeatedly encouraging the parties at the numerous conferences and hearings to resolve this matter…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- East Carroll Parish School Board v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Clark v. Putnam CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Brooks v. State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
- Michael Clark v. Putnam CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Abrams v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Abrams v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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