Legal Opinion
Wiley L. Bolden v. City of Mobile, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1978No. 76-4210, 77-2042PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is the second of four consolidated voting dilution cases we decide today. See Nevett v. Sides (Nevett II), 571 F.2d 209, 213 n.1 (5th Cir. 1978). Black citizens of Mobile, Alabama, brought this class action to challenge the constitutionality of their *241city’s at-large method of electing its commissioners. The district court sustained the challenge, declared the city’s commission government unconstitutional, and ordered the establishment of a mayor-council plan requiring that councilmen be elected from single-member districts. Bolden v. City of Mobile, 423 F.Supp. 384…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by53 opinions
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Rev. Roy Jones v. The City of LubbockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Nevett v. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Treasurer of New Jersey v. United States Department of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
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