Legal Opinion
United States v. Dallas County Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1984No. 82-7362PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
This is a vote dilution case. It involves challenges to the at-large systems used to elect the Dallas County [Alabama] Commission and the Dallas County Board of Education. Plaintiff sued both the Dallas County Commission and the Board of Education under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments; the Civil Rights Act of 1870, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1971(a)(1) (1976); and § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (West Supp. 1984).
The case has a complicated history in the district court because of intervening changes in the law. The government…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Henry T. McMillan v. Escambia County, Florida, Elmer Jenkins v. City of Pensacola, Henry T. McMillan v. Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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