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Supreme Court decision in City of Mobile v. Bolden
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Supreme_Court_decision_in_City_of_Mobile_v._Bolden
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation
446 U.S. 55
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:date
1980
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:effect
Led to 1982 amendment of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
gptkbp:fullName
City of Mobile v. Bolden
gptkbp:heldBy
Proof of discriminatory intent is required to establish a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment or Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Supreme Court decision in City of Mobile v. Bolden
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalSubject
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:overruledBy
Thornburg v. Gingles
gptkbp:predecessor
Thornburg v. Gingles
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Mobile,_Alabama
at-large voting system
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1982
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