1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 63 F.3d
  5. 63 F.3d 413 (1995)
 

CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR EQUALITY v. McDONALD

No. 94-41152.

63 F.3d 413 (1995)

CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR EQUALITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John McDONALD, County Judge, Joe Ware, Commissioner, Marcelle Adams, Commissioner, J.R. Burns, Commissioner, and Kell Bradford, Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Dugas, Jr., Orange, TX, H.D. Pate, Bridge City, TX, for appellant.

John Douglas Kimbrough, Orange, TX, for McDonald, Adams, Burns and Bradford.

Lauralee Ann Kiely Vallon, John D. McElroy, Asst. County Attys., Orange, TX, Donald B. Kelley, Orange, TX, for Ware.

Before SMITH, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Concerned Citizens For Equality (CCE) brought this suit against Defendants-Appellees the County Commissioners of Orange County, Texas (Commissioners), alleging that the current four-precinct, single-member structure used to elect Constables and Justices of the Peace in Orange County (JP Precincts) dilutes black voting strength and thus violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).1

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases