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Mobile v. Bolden

Further Readings



  • Abraham, Henry J., and Barbara A. Perry. Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
  • Davis, Olethia. "Tenuous Interpretation: Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act." National Civic Review, fall-winter 1995, p. 310.
  • Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Polsby, Daniel D., and Robert D. Popper. "Ugly: An Inquiry into the Problem of Racial Gerrymandering Under the Voting Rights Act." Michigan Law Review, December 1993, p. 652.
  • Snyder, Brad. "Disparate Impact on Death Row." Yale Law Journal, May 1998, p. 2211.
  • Zimmerman, Joseph F. "Election Systems and Representative Democracy." National Civic Review, fall-winter 1995, p. 287.

Additional topics

Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1973 to 1980Mobile v. Bolden - Retreat From Civil Rights, Vote Dilution, No Guarantee Of Proportional Representation, Discriminatory Effect Vs. Discriminatory Intent