Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
City of West Helena v. Perkins
459 U.S. 801
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-10-04
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- Ward residency requirement, inter alia, effectively prohibited single-shot voting and “enhance[d] the possibility that [City’s] election scheme [was] being maintained for a discriminatory purpose”
- all finding that at-large electoral system was created or maintained for discriminatory purpose
Citator
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- Cited by
- 6 opinions
Affirmed on appeal from C. A. 8th Cir. Justice Rehnquist would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.