Marshall v. Mathews

minority population should be 65 percent of the total population in a district in order for the minority group to have the ability to elect candidates of its choice | minority population should be 65 percent of the total population in a district in order for the minority group to have the ability to elect candidates of its choice | failure to protect prison inmate from other inmates actionable under § 1983 where prison official’s conduct amounts to deliberate or reckless indifference to prisoner’s safety | it was an abuse of discretion for the district court to fail to use a 65% super majority in fashioning a remedy because it failed to give the minority group a realistic opportunity to elect a representative of its choice | minority population of 65% required to ensure fair opportunity to elect