Legal Opinion
Collins v. City of Norfolk
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1985No. 84-1819PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.
Maintenance by the City of Norfolk, Virginia, of an at-large election procedure covering members of the City Council has led to a suit by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and seven black Norfolk voters contending that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 1 had been violated. The suit also claimed infringement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments through adoption in 1918 of the at-large election as a means to promote racially discriminatory objectives.
The relief sought was replacement with a plan establishing seven…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, Va.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2009
- City of Carrollton Branch of the National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. StallingsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Windy Boy v. County of Big HornDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1986
- Collins v. City of NorfolkDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
- Mississippi State Chapter Operation Push v. MabusDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1992
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