Opinion

Frank J. Robinson v. Commissioners Court, Anderson County, and the Honorable N. R. Link, County Judge, Anderson County, Texas

  • 505 F.2d 674
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 5522
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Dec 23, 1974
Status
Published
Author
Godbold
On the bench
Goldberg, Godbold, Morgan
Cited by
33 cases

holding that a challenge to order postponing election filing deadlines was moot after the filing deadlines passed

How later courts described this case

  • holding that a challenge to order postponing election filing deadlines was moot after the filing deadlines passed
  • “equalization of county road mileage” offered as justification for fragmenting cohesive black population
  • court found that apportionment plan impermissibly gerrymandered black voting strength
  • racial gerrymander found where precinct lines were drawn so as to fragment an otherwise "compact and cohesive" black voting community

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.

I concur in the result.

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