# United States v. Dallas County Commission

> Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · October 22, 1984 · 739 F.2d 1529

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9472440

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSION, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- **Decided:** October 22, 1984
- **Citations:** 739 F.2d 1529
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Godbold, Ro-Ney, Kravitch, Roney
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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 it…
- concluding that "[t]he existence of apathy is not a matter for judicial notice"

## Opinion text

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.

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