Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Hamrick
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 1999No. 98-8896PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-Appellants, who are the current members of the Gainesville City Council, the current clerk of the Gaines-ville City Council, and the current City Manager for Gainesville (Appellants), appeal the judgment of the district court finding Gainesville’s at-large method of electing city council members violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (Section 2), and enjoining Gainesville from conducting further city council elections under the at-large system. We hold that the district court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. Marengo County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Rodney Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2024
- Rose Johnson v. Robert HamrickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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