Legal Opinion
Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided December 20, 2013No. Case Nos. 2:12-CV-691, 2:12-CV-1081PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
“There’s no perfect reapportionment plan. A reapportionment plan depends on what the drafter wants to get, and he can draw them many, many, many ways.” Dr. Joe Reed, Chairman, Alabama Democratic Conference. (Trial Tr. vol. 2, 155, Aug. 9, 2013).
The Constitution of Alabama of 1901 requires the Alabama Legislature to redistrict itself following each decennial census of the United States, Ala. Const. Art. IX, §§ 199-200, but for a half century — from 1911 to 1961 — the Legislature failed to fulfill that duty. Then the Supreme Court of the United…
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