Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Brooks v. Winter
461 U.S. 921
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1983-05-16
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- vacating three-judge court’s influence district remedy and remanding for reconsideration in light of amendments to section 2
- vacating district court judgment and remanding for review of congressional reapportionment plan under the 1982 amendments
- where legislative preference for two minority districts with at least 40% population expressed, court found no constitutional or federal statutory bar thereto
- mere characterization of issue as one of double jeopardy does not require court to grant interlocutory review
Citator
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Appeals from D. C. N. D. Miss. The judgment and order are vacated and the cases are remanded for further consideration in light of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U. S. C. § 1973, as amended in 1982. Reported below: 541 F. Supp. 1135.