[EL] 50% + CVAP Districts

[Chad Dunn]

That was it.  Thank you all.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Richard L Engstrom <rengstro at uno.edu>wrote:

>       If the minority group was African American, you might be thinking
> of Jeffers v. Beebe, ED of Arkansas, September 17, 2012.
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Chad Dunn [
> chad at brazilanddunn.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2012 8:03 PM
> *To:* law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] 50% + CVAP Districts
>
>  Sorry to bother but I recently saw posted on this Listserv a case
> wherein the Plaintiffs had challenged under Section 2 of the VRA, districts
> adopted by a government.  The government had drawn the new boundaries and
> had included a district with 50% CVAP or greater for a minority population
> (Latino I believe) but the Plaintiffs claimed the 50%+ district drawn by
> the government was ineffective.  The Court rejected a claim that a 50% or
> greater district drawn by the government could amount to vote dilution. I
> have spent several hours searching Westlaw for the case and cannot locate.
>  Does anyone on here by chance recall the case?  Thanks in advance.
>
>  Chad Dunn
>
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