Legal Opinion
Montero v. Meyer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1988No. Nos. 88-2469, 88-2470PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court preliminarily enjoining the Secretary of State of Colorado from conducting an election on a proposed amendment to the state constitution initiated and circulated by members of the Official English Committee. 696 F.Supp. 540. The district court held that the Voting Rights Act, in particular 42 U.S.C. § 1973b(f)(4), applies to initiative petitions. As a consequence, the district court invalidated petitions printed only in English that were circulated in counties in which printed election materials must be…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Meyer v. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Richard L. Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles, and Margaret Salazar, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Ruiz v. HullArizona Supreme Court · 1998
- Delgado v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Montero v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Padilla v. LeverCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Celli v. ShoellDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1998
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