State v. Traverso

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the importance of proof of bloc voting— “without bloc voting the minority candidates would not lose elections solely because of their race.”
• recognizing the importance of proof of bloc voting— \without bloc voting the minority candidates would not lose elections solely because of their race.\
• recognizing dilution occurs where a “distinct minority” would otherwise be able to elect a representative in a single-member district but is instead submerged in a multimember district characterized by bloc voting
• recognizing dilution occurs where a \distinct minority\ would otherwise be able to elect a representative in a single-member district but is instead submerged in a multimember district characterized by bloc voting
• fearing unconstitutional dilution of voting rights from an at-large system, the Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s invalidating a county election system
• looking at evidence of bloc voting as supportive of plaintiffs’ equal protection claim in the at-large election context

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