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Veasey et al v. Perry et al

MOTION to Intervene

20 Cited authorities

  1. Shelby Cnty. v. Holder

    570 U.S. 529 (2013)   Cited 338 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding the 2006 preclearance coverage formula unconstitutional

  2. League v. Perry

    548 U.S. 399 (2006)   Cited 275 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that political gerrymandering is unconstitutional

  3. Bush v. Vera

    517 U.S. 952 (1996)   Cited 305 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that race predominated when a legislature deliberately "spread the Black population" among several districts in an effort to "protect Democratic incumbents"

  4. Terry v. Adams

    345 U.S. 461 (1953)   Cited 473 times
    Holding a private political society was sufficiently involved in the local electoral process to warrant oversight by the judiciary lest the society deprive other voters of their constitutional rights

  5. Smith v. Allwright

    321 U.S. 649 (1944)   Cited 604 times
    Holding that resolution restricting ability to vote in Democratic Party primaries to "all white citizens of the State of Texas who are qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State" violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

  6. Edwards v. City of Houston

    78 F.3d 983 (5th Cir. 1996)   Cited 356 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that interest of police officers in having equal access to a promotion system was sufficient to justify intervention as of right by officers' associations and unions to contest entry of a consent decree in an employment discrimination case against the City of Houston requiring a series of remedial promotions for members of certain minority groups

  7. Sierra Club v. Espy

    18 F.3d 1202 (5th Cir. 1994)   Cited 287 times
    Holding that timber industry representatives were not adequately represented by the government because "[t]he government must represent the broad public interest, not just the economic concerns of the timber industry"

  8. New Orleans Pub. Serv. v. United Gas Pipe Line

    732 F.2d 452 (5th Cir. 1984)   Cited 317 times
    Holding that an economic interest alone is insufficient predicate for a Rule 24 intervention

  9. Diaz v. Southern Drilling Corp.

    427 F.2d 1118 (5th Cir. 1970)   Cited 224 times
    Holding that the government's tax lien on disputed funds relating to drilling contracts triggered a right to intervention

  10. McDonald v. E.J. Lavino Company

    430 F.2d 1065 (5th Cir. 1970)   Cited 214 times
    Holding that, although post-judgment motions to intervene are normally viewed with a "jaundiced eye," the timing of post-judgment motion to intervene for the limited purpose of staking a claim to the proceeds of suit could not prejudice existing parties

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 489,827 times   693 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Rule 24 - Intervention

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 24   Cited 9,205 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Granting the right of intervention to qualifying persons "unless existing parties adequately represent" them

  13. Section 1973 - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973   Cited 1,593 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no change in voting takes effect until precleared