The Oyez Project: Civil Rights Issues - Voting Rights Act of 1965 Decisions

Beer v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Branch v. Smith - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Did the District Court properly enjoin the Mississippi state court's proposed congressional redistricting plan and properly fashion its own congressional reapportionment plan?Did the District Court properly enjoin the Mississippi state court's proposed congressional redistricting plan and properly fashion its own congressional reapportionment plan?

Briscoe v. Bell - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Chisom v. Roemer - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 20 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Clark v. Roemer - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Georgia v. Ashcroft - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Did the redistricting plan violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by spreading minority voters across several districts rather than concentrating them in a few heavily minority ones?

League of Latin American Citizens v. Perry - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Texas legislature violate the Constitution and and the Voting Rights Act when it used 2000 census data to redistrict in 2003 for partisan advantage, resulting in districts that (by 2003 numbers) did not conform to the one person, one vote standard?

Lockhart v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Lopez v. Monterey County - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 06 Nov 1996 12:00:00 -0500

May a district court issue an order that authorizes a county covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to conduct judicial elections under an election plan that has not received federal approval pursuant to section 5?

Mccain v. Lybrand - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 1984 12:00:00 -0500

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Morris v. Gressette - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Pleasant Grove v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jan 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Port Arthur v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 1982 12:00:00 -0500

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Presley v. Etowah County Commission - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jan 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit preclearance of a redistricting plan enacted with a discriminatory but nonretrogressive purpose?

United States v. Sheffield Board Of Comm'rs - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Mar 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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