NAACP: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Major Voting Rights Win, Rules Against Black Residents of Terrebonne Parish
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
NEW YORK, June 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement:
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision on a case challenging how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, ruling against Black residents who sought an opportunity to elect a judge of their choice to the trial court bench. Advocates who represented the residents in Terrebonne Parish Branch NAACP, Et Al. V. Jindal, Et Al. released the fo . . .
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision on a case challenging how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, ruling against Black residents who sought an opportunity to elect a judge of their choice to the trial court bench. Advocates who represented the residents in Terrebonne Parish Branch NAACP, Et Al. V. Jindal, Et Al. released the fo . . .