Chinese for Affirmative Action v. Leguennec

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he record before us sheds no light on the problem, and the city’s own statement of mootness cannot support an affirmance on that ground.”
• claim for injunctive relief requiring multilingual ballots in a particular election was moot after the election was held, but sufficiency of the city's current compliance with Voting Rights Act was a live controversy
• good faith is no defense to equitable relief regarding bilingual ballot provisions
• parties must bring complaints forward for preelection adjudication

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hanrahan v. Hampton
  Supreme Court· 1980-08-11· cited 952×
• Committee for the First Amendment v. Campbell
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-05-06· cited 206×
• National Wildlife Federation, Idaho Wildlife Federation, and the Nez Perce Tribe, Intervenor-Petitioner v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-03-16· cited 28×
• Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Export-Import Bank of the U.S
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-06-28· cited 25×
• Committee For The First Amendment v. Campbell
  First Circuit· 1992-05-06· cited 24×
• Bonnie Mantolete v. William G. Bolger, in His Capacity as Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-06-11· cited 20×
• Chinese For Affirmative Action v. Leguennec
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-08-25· cited 11×
• Hart v. King
  D. Hawaii· 1979-05-18· cited 8×
• Solomon v. Emanuelson
  D. Connecticut· 1984-02-29· cited 7×
• Soules v. Kauaians For Nukolii Campaign Committee
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-14· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-09-03· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-07-03
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-08-26
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-11-05
• Montana Chamber Of Commerce v. Ed Argenbright
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-09-26

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-11-25· cited 896×
• Moore v. Ogilvie
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-16· cited 714×
• Briscoe v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-20· cited 141×
• Albert C. Toney v. N. A. White, United States of America v. Myrtis Bishop
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-12-03· cited 84×
• Eslinger v. Thomas
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-03-28· cited 69×
• Juanita Williams v. Police Officer Gould and City of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 1973-12-11· cited 11×

Other cases named Chinese for Affirmative Action v. Leguennec

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Chinese For Affirmative Action v. Leguennec
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-08-25· cited 11×