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221395P.pdf 11/20/2023 AR State Conference NAACP v. AR Board of Apportionment
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1395
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Gruender, Circuit
Judge]
Civil Case - Voting Rights Act. Congress did not give a private remedy to
enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; plaintiffs, two advocacy
groups with members living throughout the State of Arkansas, could not sue
to challenge the State's new map of congressional districts under Section
2; the district court's judgment dismissing plaintiffs' complaint is
modified to be with prejudice and is affirmed as modified. Chief Judge
Smith, dissenting.