Legal Opinion
City of Pleasant Grove v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 3, 1983No. Civ. A. 80-2589PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Before MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and GREENE, District Judges. HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge:
The City of Pleasant Grove, a residential community in Jefferson County, Alabama, *1456brought this action under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, seeking a declaratory judgment that the annexation by the city of certain land1 did not have “the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.” The Attorney General denied preclearance for the annexations because contiguous areas inhabited by blacks…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1983
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
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