Legal Opinion
Harris v. Graddick
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 1, 1984No. Civ. A. 84-T-595-NPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Charlie Harris and Mose Batie are black citizens of the State of Alabama, qualified to vote in Pike County, Alabama. They filed this lawsuit on April 30,1984, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated throughout the state, claiming that county officials across the state appoint disproportionately too few black persons as poll officials, in violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973 (West Supp. 1983). 1 The named defendants are the Governor of the State of Alabama, the State…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. Marengo County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Holophane Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Angel Ortiz v. City Of Philadelphia Office Of The City Commissioners Voter Registration DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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