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National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People, Inc. (NAACP) v. Austin

E.D. Mich.July 14, 1994No. 2:92-cv-72696Cited 9 times
Defendant WinState of Michigan

Case Details

Judge(s)
Martin, Cohn, Friedman
Nature of Suit
441 Civil rights voting
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
summary judgment
Circuit
6th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Discrimination

Outcome

The three-judge district court upheld Michigan's 1992 legislative reapportionment plan, rejecting NAACP's challenge that the plan violated the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments by failing to create additional majority-black districts.

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