¶1Appeals from D. C. N. D. Miss. The judgment and order are vacated and the cases are remanded for further consideration in light of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U. S. C. § 1973, as amended in 1982. Reported below: 541 F. Supp. 1135.
461 U.S. 921
Brooks v. Winter
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1983
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1983-05-16
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Jordan v. Winter
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1983-05-16
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2014 · most notably Mississippi Republican Executive Committee v. Owen H. Brooks (1984), Lussier v. Runyon (1995)
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 40 state decisions
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