United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 478United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1989 - Courts |
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... voters who contend that the multimember form of district- ing violates § 2 ... white voting practices . A showing that a significant number of minority ... white bloc vote that normally will defeat the combined strength of minority ...
... voters who contend that the multimember form of district- ing violates § 2 ... white voting practices . A showing that a significant number of minority ... white bloc vote that normally will defeat the combined strength of minority ...
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... voters . Pp . 74-76 . 3. The clearly - erroneous test of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52 ( a ) is the appropriate ... white voters will usually be able to defeat the minority's preferred candidates - refers only to the existence of a ...
... voters . Pp . 74-76 . 3. The clearly - erroneous test of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52 ( a ) is the appropriate ... white voters will usually be able to defeat the minority's preferred candidates - refers only to the existence of a ...
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... voters is presumptively inconsistent with the existence of a § 2 viola- tion . The District Court erred in assessing ... WHITE , MARSHALL , BLACKMUN , and STEVENS , JJ . , joined , an opinion with respect to Part III - C , in which MARSHALL , ...
... voters is presumptively inconsistent with the existence of a § 2 viola- tion . The District Court erred in assessing ... WHITE , MARSHALL , BLACKMUN , and STEVENS , JJ . , joined , an opinion with respect to Part III - C , in which MARSHALL , ...
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... WHITE joins . This case requires that we construe for the first time § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , as ... voters " to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice . " § 2 ( b ) , 96 Stat ...
... WHITE joins . This case requires that we construe for the first time § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , as ... voters " to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice . " § 2 ( b ) , 96 Stat ...
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... vote , challenged seven districts , one single - member ' and six multimember2 dis ... voters must prove that a contested electoral mechanism was intentionally ... White v . Regester , 412 U. S. 755 ( 1973 ) , and by other federal courts ...
... vote , challenged seven districts , one single - member ' and six multimember2 dis ... voters must prove that a contested electoral mechanism was intentionally ... White v . Regester , 412 U. S. 755 ( 1973 ) , and by other federal courts ...
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