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· 8/30/2012

State of Texas v. Holder

Citations

  • 888 F. Supp. 2d 113
  • 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127119

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that “the burdens associated with obtaining an ID will weigh most heavily on the poor”
  • noting that the preclearance analysis places the burden on the State to prove that a law does not have “‘the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race’—i.e. . . . a retrogressive effect”
  • “SB 14 is far stricter than either Indiana’s or Georgia’s voter ID laws.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Judge Rosemary M. Collyer

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