Legal Opinion
McGhee v. Granville County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1988No. 88-1553PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the issue of the extent of a federal court’s remedial power in reviewing a legislative plan designed, in response to the court’s order, to remedy a stipulated violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (as amended). Based upon a stipulation that the challenged at-large method of electing members of the Gran-ville County, North Carolina, Board of County Commissioners violated § 2, the district court ordered the parties to attempt to agree upon a remedy, failing which the County was ordered to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- White v. WeiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Upham v. SeamonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by56 opinions
- David Baird v. The Consolidated City of IndianapolisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Shaw v. HuntDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1994
- Nixon v. Kent CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Hall v. VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. SchaeferDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1994
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