5th Circuit Overturns Finding that Louisiana Judicial Districts Violate Voting Rights Act

You can find the opinion, authored by Judge Edith Jones, at this link. The court found no liability under Section 2’s result’s test and rejected the district court finding of intentional racial discrimination. Judge Duncan, concurring in the judgment, believed there was no standing to even bring the suit.

The NAACP LDF’s statement is here.

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