Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 6, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-T-1159-NPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs have brought this lawsuit on behalf of all black citizens in Baldwin County, Alabama. 1 They charge that the at-large system used to elect the Baldwin County Commission violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973. 2 A violation of § 2 is established if official action was taken or maintained with a racially discriminatory “intent” or the action has racially discriminatory “results,” determined according to certain Congressionally approved criteria. McMillan v. Escambia County, 748 F.2d 1037,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wise v. LipscombSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Upham v. SeamonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Dillard v. Chilton County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
- White v. State of Ala.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1994
- Dillard v. Crenshaw CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1990
- John Dillard v. Baldwin County CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Dillard v. Baldwin County CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
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