Legal Opinion
May v. Town of Mountain Village
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1997No. 96-1504PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.
In this civil rights case the plaintiffs, all residents of the Town of Mountain Village, Colorado, initiated a class action against the Town and its governing officers to contest provisions of the Town Charter which allow nonresident landowners to vote in municipal elections. Upon cross motions for summary judgment, the District Court found that the provision allowing nonresidents to vote was not irrational or arbitrary, and thus did not violate plaintiff residents’ constitutional right to equal protection under the law. Summary judgment was granted in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Bradford School Bus Transit, Inc. v. Chicago Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Broyles v. TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2009
- Campbell v. BuckleyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1998
- Levy v. Miami-Dade CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2003
- May v. Town of Mountain VillageColorado Court of Appeals · 1998
- Department of Justice Views on the Proposed Constitution Drafted by the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel2010
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