GAGNON ET AL.

v.

MASSACHUSETTS

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Colon-Ortiz, 866 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1989)
  …recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts that declared a similar sentencing provision unconstitutional due to inconsistency in the statutory language. Commonwealth v. Gagnon, 387 Mass. 567, 441 N.E. 2d 753 (1982), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 921, 103 S.Ct. 2077, 77 L.Ed.2d 292 (1983). The Gagnon court determined that the statute was unconstitutionally vague, however, only after the court examined the legislative history and context of the section and found that the legislative intent could…
• Judson Edge v. Sumter Cnty. Sch. Dist., 775 F.2d 1509 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …adopt a reapportionment plan without determining whether the plan complied with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973. Jordan v. Winter, 541 F.Supp. 1135 (N.D.Miss.1982), vacated and remanded, sub nom. Brooks v. Winter, 461 U.S. 921, 103 S.Ct. 2077, 77 L.Ed.2d 291 (1983); United States v. Marengo County Comm’n., 731 F. 2d 1546 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 375, 83 L.Ed.2d 311 (1984). The cases and the legislative history well document the factors that need to b…
• Miss. Republican Executive Comm. v. Brooks, 469 U.S. 1002 (U.S. 1984)
  …district where nearly 54% of the population was black. On appeal to this Court, the judgment of the District Court was vacated and the case remanded for reconsideration in the light of the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act. Brooks v. Winter, 461 U. S. 921 (1983). On remand, the District Court found that the very plan which it had approved and adopted in 1982 was unlawful under the amended §2 of the Voting Rights Act because “the structure of the Second Congressional District in particular unlawfully…