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OCTOBER TERM, 1995
Syllabus
SHAW ET AL. v. HUNT, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL.
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COUR...
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OCTOBER TERM, 1995
Syllabus
SHAW ET AL. v. HUNT, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL.
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COUR...
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In 1996 the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to states' attempts to create election districts containing a majority of minorit...
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Come to think of it, there's another potential use for [Tom Farr]'s legal skills on the school board. After the 2010 census, someone will have to redraw the board's election districts, which are also subject to the Voting Rights Act Boards themselves usually do this, unless the composition of the board itself changes - more members, for example, or some members elected at-large - in which case an act of the General Assembly is required.
Farr was lead counsel for some of the plaintiffs in Shaw v. Hunt, the 1990s case that landed North Carolina's gerrymandered congressional districts before the U.S. Supreme Court. A decade later, Farr represented the plaintiffs who overthrew a state legislative districting scheme in the N.C. Supreme Court.
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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... See, e.g., Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U.S. 899, 904 (1996); United States v...
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...See, e. g., Shaw v. Hunt, ante, at 915 (Shaw II). States attempting...
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... a violation elsewhere in the State, see Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U. S. 899, 916. The lower court re...
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...See, e. g., Shaw v. Hunt, ante, at 915 (Shaw II). States attempting...