Houston v. Haley’s Empirical Analysis
859 F.2d 341 · 1988
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973B (§ 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973H (§ 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Thornburg v. Gingles · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Mississippi Republican Executive Committee v. Owen H. Brooks · Barefoot v. Procunier · Jones v. City of Lubbock
Most-quoted passages
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“[w]hatever the voting age population composition was [in 1980], given mobility, mortality, and coming of age, we cannot tell with any certainty what it is today.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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