Supreme Court· 6/30/1994

Holder v. Hall

Citations

512 U.S. 874
114 S. Ct. 2581
129 L. Ed. 2d 687
1994 U.S. LEXIS 5083

How courts have described this case

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

stating that the terms “‘standard, practice, or procedure’” “reach only state enactments that limit citizens’ access to the ballot”
holding that federal courts cannot order the alteration of the size of a local governmental body as a remedy for a violation of Section two of the Voting Rights Act
deciding a Voting Rights Act claim, brought by an institutional plaintiff, on the merits
rejecting contention that the size of a government body may be subject to a § 2 vote dilution challenge
rejecting the contention that the size of a government body, including a County Commission, may be subject to a § 2 vote dilution challenge
a court must find a reasonable alternative practice against which to measure the existing voting practice

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Judges: Kennedy, Rehnquist, O'Connor, Thomas, Scalia, Blackmun, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg

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