United States Ninth Circuit

A vote-dilution claim under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was not actionable where the totality of the circumstances did not establish dilution in the districts where American Indian plaintiffs resided.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2002
• Decided 12/04/2002
• Published 12/04/2002

Judges

• Before NOONAN, HAWKINS and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lauglin McDonald, American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, GA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sarah A. Bond, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, MT, for the defendants-appellees.