Legal Opinion
William Mallory v. The State of Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1999No. 97-4425PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
William Mallory and eleven other plaintiffs, representing a class comprised of the voting-age population of African-Americans entitled to vote in judicial elections in eight of Ohio’s largest counties (“the class”), sued the state of Ohio for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. The class alleged that Ohio’s “at-large” election system for judges impermissibly dilutes the voting strength of African-Americans. These claims were tried before the district court in February of 1997. The district court issued findings of fact and…
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