Legal Opinion
Curtis Holt, Sr. v. City of Richmond, Curtis Holt, Sr. v. City of Richmond
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1972No. 71-2185, 71-2186PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
We are met with the problem of the effect of “unconstitutional motivation” on the part of certain officials of the City of Richmond in agreeing with officials of Chesterfield County upon a settlement of an annexation proceeding. The District Judge, 334 F.Supp. 228, did not invalidate the annexation, which occasioned the plaintiff’s appeal, but he ordered a councilmanic election on the basis of a division of the City into voting districts of unequal size, the predominantly white voters of the small district electing two councilmen and the voters in the remainder of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Palmer v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- King v. HeningSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- City of Richmond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The School Board of Chester-Field County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae. In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The School Board of Henrico County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae. In the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. The State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae, in the Matter of Carolyn Bradley v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia v. Dawn Gauldin, an Infant, by Her Next Friend and Mother, Judith Gauldin, and Others, Parents and School Children of Chesterfield County, National Education Association, Amicus Curiae. American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Amicus Curiae. United States of America, Amicus Curiae. Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- South Carolina Education Ass'n v. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Ronny J. Goldsmith v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Wilbur E. Cunningham Fred Morris Lauer, Jr. Harry LoleasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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