Legal Opinion
Morris v. Gressette
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided March 12, 1976No. CA/75-1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs seek by this action to enjoin the enforcement of the South Carolina State Senate Reapportionment Act of 1972 (described as Act 1205 in the complaint) 1 on the ground that such Act has never been validated as required by § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 1973c, 42 U.S.C. 2 The background of the legislation under review and the litigation surrounding it is fully set forth in Harper v. Levi (1975) 171 U.S.App. D.C. 321, 520 F.2d 53. It is unnecessary to repeat it in any detail since the issues involved here are fairly narrow and the factual…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Morris v. GressetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Kenneth Adams v. Terrel H. Bell, Individually, and as Secretary of the Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- In Re Asbestosis CasesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
- Dotson v. City of Indianola, Miss.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1981
- Rollins v. MayDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1978
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