United States v. Euclid City School Board

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KATHLEEN McDONALD O’MALLEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Court today considers what appears to be a matter of first impression within this circuit. The parties before it have stipulated that Defendant Euclid City School Board (the “Board”) has violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (“Section 2”). It is uncontroverted that minorities in Euclid have been systematically denied the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates to the Board. So, too, the parties agree that the Board must be given an opportunity to propose a legally acceptable…