No. 18-592

Ferguson Florissant School District v. Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: at-large-electoral-system demographic-change electoral-district minority-group minority-voting-rights non-hispanic-white-population numerical-majority section-2 section-2-claim voting-age-population voting-rights-act voting-rights-act-section-2
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 allow a minority group to bring a claim against a school district's statutorily imposed at-large electoral system where the minority group forms a numerical majority of the voting age population or, at a minimum, where the Non-Hispanic white population does not form a numerical majority?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Section 2 of the Voting Right Act of 1965 allow a minority group to bring a claim against a school district's statutorily imposed at-large electoral system where the minority group forms a numerical majority of the voting age population or, at a minimum, where the Non-Hispanic white population does not form a numerical majority?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-15
Waiver of right of respondents Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. to respond filed.
2018-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)

Attorneys

Ferguson Florissant School District
Cindy Reeds OrmsbyCurtis, Heinz, Garrett & O'Keefe, P.C., Petitioner
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
Julie A. EbensteinAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Respondent