League of United Latin American Citizens, District 19 v. City of Boerne

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in deciding whether to modify a consent decree, a district court, could not ignore instructions regarding the proper procedures to follow
• “It is well established that ‘an inferior court has no power or authority to deviate from the mandate issued by an appellate court.’” (quoting Briggs v. Penn. R.R., 334 U.S. 304, 306 (1948))
• “A court should invoke its inherent power to award attorney’s fees only when it finds that ‘fraud has been practiced upon it, or that the very temple of justice has been defiled.’ ” (quoting Chambers, 501 U.S. at 46)
• LULAC challenged voter dilution under § 2
• LULAC challenged vote dilution under Section 2

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