Legal Opinion
Rev. William Seals, Cross-Appellants v. The Quarterly County Court of Madison County, Tennessee, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1977No. 77-1110PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is the third time this voting rights case has been before this court. (See Seals v. Quarterly County Court, 496 F.2d 76 (6th Cir. 1974), and 526 F.2d 216 (6th Cir. 1975)).
In our 1974 opinion, we described the original issues as follows:
This action was filed by a group of black citizens of Madison County, Tennessee, attacking a plan providing for election from the county at large of all members of the county’s governing body, known in Tennessee as the Quarterly County Court.
Approximately 30 per cent of the population of Madison County is black. Plaintiffs assert…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Fitzpatrick v. BitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-Appellants, and City of Memphis, Added Cross-Appellants. Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- John C. Shimman v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Domenic Lund v. John J. Affleck, Doris Palmieri v. John J. Affleck, Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Bradford E. SouthworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Nazareth Gates v. John Collier, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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