Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. United States of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 30, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2011-1303PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
This motion for appellate attorney’s fees comes at the end of long and complex litigation under the Voting Rights Act. As Texas appealed the decision of a three-judge court in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that certain of its 2011 redistricting plans could not be approved, the Supreme Court decided that the provision of the Voting Rights Act requiring Texas to obtain such approval was unconstitutional. Nonetheless, to the State’s consternation, this Court granted attorney’s fees as “prevailing…
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