LaRoque v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
679 F.3d 905 · 2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Honig v. Doe · Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · Georgia v. United States · Clarke v. United States · Better Government Association v. Department of State National Wildlife Federation v. United States Department of Interior
Most-quoted passages
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“nothing will hinder appellant Nix from running in a nonpartisan election during the next cycle.” Id. at 909. The Court rejected the appellants’ assertion that the possibility of future injury resulting from § 5 of the Voting Rights Act established a live controversy, in part because of the speculative nature of the claim, and also because there was no evidence that the Attorney General’s failure to preclear a future change in local voting practices would cause appellants any”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“obtained everything that they could recover from this lawsuit”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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