CONNECTICUT ET AL.

v.

COUNSEL

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Chisom v. Roemer, 501 U.S. 380 (U.S. 1991)
  …he court concluded that because judges are not “representatives,” judicial elections are not covered by §2. Id., at 187. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed. Chisom v. Edwards, 839 F. 2d 1056, cert. denied sub nom. Roemer v. Chisom, 488 U. S. 955 (1988). Before beginning its analysis, the court remarked that “[i]t is particularly significant [*386] that no black person has ever been elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court, either from the First Supreme Court District or from any one of the ot…
• League OF United Latin Am. Citizens Council NO. 4434 v. Clements, 914 F.2d 620 (5th Cir. 1990)
  …ges are not representatives. This argument in its broadest form — Section 2 of the Act has no application to any judicial elections — was rejected by this court in Chisom v. Edwards, 839 F. 2d 1056 (5th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Roemer v. Chisom, 488 U.S. 955, 109 S.Ct. 390, 102 L.Ed.2d 379 (1988). The panel opinion was unanimous. The petition for rehearing en banc was [*635] denied without a single member of the court requesting a poll. Relatedly, but with less sweep, defendants argue that Section 2(b)…

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• Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n OF Puerto RICO, 906 F.2d 25 (1st Cir. 1990)
  …s brief for the scope of the issues appealed.” Pignons S.A. de Mecanique v. Polaroid Corp., 701 F. 2d 1, 3 (1st Cir.1983) (citations omitted). Accord Wells Real Estate v. Greater Lowell Bd. of Realtors, 850 F. 2d 803, 811 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 955, 109 S.Ct. 392, 102 [*41] L.Ed.2d 381 (1988). appellees voluntarily responded to this newly-raised issue in a “surreply” brief which we granted leave to file. However, in order not to encourage endless rounds of briefing, we still find the issue wa…