reversing the district court’s findings that racially polarized voting and the structure of the Dallas County election system were not significant factors indicating a dilution of the black vote and directing that the court also reconsider on remand “past discrimination and its lingering effects”
How later courts described this case
- reversing the district court’s findings that racially polarized voting and the structure of the Dallas County election system were not significant factors indicating a dilution of the black vote and directing that the court also reconsider on remand “past discrimination and its lingering effects”
- concluding that "[t]he existence of apathy is not a matter for judicial notice"
- After reviewing the entire record, the court concluded that the district court’s finding that the commission is responsive to the needs of blacks is not clearly erroneous.
- district, court erred in holding that the requirement that candidates run for numbered posts was neutral
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
IT IS ORDERED that the petitions for rehearing filed by Dallas County Commission, Board of Supervisors of Elections, and Dallas County Board of Education and its members are DENIED.