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Rogers Vs. Lodge

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 01, 1982

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  1. Blau Vs. Lehman US Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1962
  2. Pullman-standard Vs. Swint US Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1982
  3. United Jewish Organizations Vs. Carey US Supreme Court · Mar 01, 1977
  4. U.S. 613 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Rogers v. Lodge
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  5. U.S. 613 (1982) Rogers v. Lodge
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  6. appellees' Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment rights. Id. at 71a, 96a. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Lodge v. Buxton
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  7. CA5 1981). It stated that, while the proceedings in the District Court took place prior to the decision in Mobile v. Bolden
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  8. U. S. 158 -159 (1971), this Court has repeatedly held that they are not unconstitutional per se. Mobile v. Bolden
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  9. by minimizing, canceling out or diluting the voting strength of racial elements in the voting population. Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  10. supra, at 403 U. S. 149 . See also White v. Regester
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  11. minorities are thus subject to the standard of proof generally applicable to Equal Protection Clause cases. Washington v. Davis
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  12. U. S. 229 (1976), and Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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  13. Washington v. Davis
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  14. that racially discriminatory purpose or intent be proved applies to voting cases by relying upon, among others, Wright v. Rockefeller
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  15. Page 458 U. S. 618 Arlington Heights and Washington v. Davis
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  16. Arlington Heights, supra, at 429 U. S. 266 . In Mobile v. Bolden
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  17. Bolden v. Mobile
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  18. U.S. at 446 U. S. 66 , quoting Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  19. U.S. at 446 U. S. 66 , and White v. Regester
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  20. The District Court had analyzed plaintiffs' claims in light of the standard which had been set forth in Zimmer v. McKeithen
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  21. F.2d 1297 (CA5 1973), aff'd on other grounds sub nom. East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  22. gleaned from Page 458 U. S. 620 Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  23. supra, and White v. Regester
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  24. the wrong legal standard. Not only was the District Court's decision rendered a considerable time after Washington v. Davis
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  25. and Arlington Heights, but the trial judge also had the benefit of Nevett v. Sides
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  26. F.2d 209 (1978), where the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit assessed the impact of Washington v. Davis
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  27. F.2d at 224 (footnote omitted). The District Court referred to Nevett v. Sides
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  28. was being maintained for the invidious purpose of diluting the voting strength of the black population. In White v. Regester
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  29. Columbus Board of Education v. Penick
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  30. U. S. 468 (1979) (BURGER, C.J., concurring in judgment). Our recent decision in Pullman-Standard v. Swint
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  31. has frequently noted its reluctance to disturb findings of fact concurred in by two lower courts. See, e.g., Berenyi v. Information
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  32. Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde
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  33. in Burke County, the fact that none have ever been elected is important evidence of purposeful exclusion. See White v. Regester
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  34. to participate in the political processes and to elect candidates of their choice. United Jewish Organizations v. Carey
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  35. U.S. at 403 U. S. 149 -150. See also Mobile v. Bolden
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  36. of intentional discrimination. The supporting evidence was organized primarily around the factors which Nevett v. Sides
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  37. had deemed relevant to the issue of intentional discrimination. These factors were primarily those suggested in Zimmer v. McKeithen
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  38. enhance the tendency of multimember districts to minimize the voting strength of racial minorities. See Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  39. been maintained for the purpose of denying blacks equal access to the political processes in the county. As in White v. Regester
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  40. U. S. 267 , 433 U. S. 282 (1977) (emphasis deleted), quoting Milliken v. Bradley
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  41. treatment. Absent such purpose, differential impact is subject only to the test of rationality. Washington v. Davis
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  42. Mobile v. Bolden
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  43. governing body of a parish (county) unconstitutionally diluted black voting strength. East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  44. U. S. 636 (1976). JUSTICE POWELL, with whom JUSTICE REHNQUIST joins, dissenting. I Mobile v. Bolden
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Rogers v. Lodge
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  46. Lodge v. Buxton
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  47. and Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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  48. Wright v. Rockefeller
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  49. Arlington Heights and Washington v. Davis
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  50. In Mobile v. Bolden
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