Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Crenshaw County
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided May 28, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-T-1332-NPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
This lawsuit is a challenge to the at-large systems used to elect county commissioners in nine Alabama counties with significant black populations. The court understands that these counties are the last such counties that still use at-large systems not already the subjects of federal lawsuits.
The plaintiffs are a number of black citizens in the nine counties, and the defendants are the nine counties and a number of their officials. The plaintiffs have brought this lawsuit under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.…
2Cases cited85 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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