Legal Opinion
Graves v. Barnes
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided May 28, 1974No. Civ. A. A-71-CA 142 to A-71-CA-145, A-73-CA-115, A-73-CA-146, A-73-CA-155PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*642MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
On December 13, 1971, this three-judge court was convened pursuant to the order of Chief Judge Brown to hear four suits attacking the constitutionality of the state legislative redistricting plan adopted by the Texas legislature in 1971. The original complaints alleged: (1) racial gerrymandering in the establishment of the Harris County Senatorial districts; (2) excessive population disparities among the state’s 101 House districts; and (3) invidious discrimination against certain racial and ethnic groups as a result of multi-member House districts in eleven…
3Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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4Cited by26 opinions
- Terrazas v. RamirezTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Frank J. Robinson v. Commissioners Court, Anderson County, and the Honorable N. R. Link, County Judge, Anderson County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Terrazas v. ClementsDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1982
- City of Port Arthur, Tex. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1981
- League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. ClementsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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