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Zimmerman et al v. Travis County Healthcare District et al

Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

25 Cited authorities

  1. Thornburg v. Gingles

    478 U.S. 30 (1986)   Cited 951 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appellate courts can correct errors, "including those that may infect a so-called mixed finding of law and fact, or a finding of fact that is predicated on a misunderstanding of the governing rule of law"

  2. Cuvillier v. Taylor

    503 F.3d 397 (5th Cir. 2007)   Cited 1,403 times
    Holding that "to survive a Rule 12(b) motion to dismiss, a complaint 'does not need detailed factual allegations,' but must provide the plaintiff's grounds for entitlement to relief-including factual allegations that when assumed to be true 'raise a right to relief above the speculative level.'" (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555)

  3. Wilson v. Birnberg

    667 F.3d 591 (5th Cir. 2012)   Cited 314 times
    Holding that prospective candidate whose name was not placed on ballot did not have a property interest in public office protected by procedural due process

  4. League of Women v. Brunner

    548 F.3d 463 (6th Cir. 2008)   Cited 165 times
    Holding that the injunctive relief requested was prospective because it sought to remedy “chronic”-that is to say, ongoing and endemic-problems within Ohio's voting system, which allegedly denied voters the equal protection of laws because local polling centers were permitted to implement “non-uniform standards, processes, and rules,” thereby creating disparate impacts on voters' exercising their rights at the ballot box

  5. Meza v. Livingston

    607 F.3d 392 (5th Cir. 2010)   Cited 132 times
    Holding that this court need not consider whether the procedures that attended a punishment, which did not implicate a protected liberty interest, were constitutionally sufficient

  6. Little v. Shell Exploration & Prod. Co.

    690 F.3d 282 (5th Cir. 2012)   Cited 31 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts conducting public disclosure analysis must compare the scope and breadth of relators allegations with the public disclosures

  7. Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, Virginia

    678 F. Supp. 2d 348 (E.D. Va. 2009)   Cited 26 times
    Holding that a complaint that fails to allege that the plaintiff is a member of a minority group and that her right to vote has been abridged on account of her race or color does not allege a constitutional injury in fact

  8. Roberts v. Wamser

    883 F.2d 617 (8th Cir. 1989)   Cited 53 times
    Finding no standing under the VRA when the plaintiff did not claim "that his right to vote ha[d] been infringed because of his race"

  9. Broyles v. Texas

    618 F. Supp. 2d 661 (S.D. Tex. 2009)   Cited 22 times
    Finding statute prohibiting nonresident property owners from participating in municipal election did not violate equal protection

  10. Burton v. Georgia

    953 F.2d 1266 (11th Cir. 1992)   Cited 41 times

    Nos. 90-9021, 91-8245. January 30, 1992. Michael E. Hobbs, Charles M. Richards and George P. Shingler, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for State of Ga., Michael Bowers, Atty. Gen., Zell Miller, Governor and Max Cleland, Secretary of State. Kenneth S. Canfield and Ralph I. Knowles, Doffermyre, Shields Canfield, Atlanta, Ga., for Tina M. Burton, et al. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Before EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and SMITH, Senior Circuit

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 490,314 times   695 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 348,503 times   930 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  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

  14. Section 1973b - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973b   Cited 256 times
    Specifying jurisdictions where § 5 applies

  15. Section 1973a - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973a   Cited 80 times
    Providing that the court need not authorize the appointment of observers if any incidents of denial or abridgement were few in number, corrected promptly and effectively, lack a continuing effect, and lack a reasonable probability of recurrence

  16. Section 1973aa-6 - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-6   Cited 24 times

    42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-6 EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATIONSection 1973aa-6 was editorially reclassified as section 10508 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

  17. Section 281.124 - Election to Approve Tax Rate in Excess of Voter-Approval Tax Rate

    Tex. Health & Safety Code § 281.124

    (a) This section applies only to a district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003. (b) The board may hold an election at which the registered voters of the district may approve a tax rate for the current tax year that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate for the year computed under Chapter 26, Tax Code, by a specific rate stated in dollars and cents per $100 of taxable value

  18. Section 64.033 - Reading Ballot to Voter

    Tex. Elec. Code § 64.033

    (a) If a voter is assisted by election officers, one of them shall read the entire ballot to the voter unless the voter tells the officer that the voter desires to vote only on certain offices or measures. In that case, the officer shall read those items on the ballot specified by the voter. (b) If a voter is assisted by a person of the voter's choice, an election officer shall ask the voter being assisted whether the voter wants the entire ballot read to the voter. If so, the officer shall instruct