Presley v. Etowah County Comm'n
| Presley v Etowah County Commission | |
|---|---|
| Argued November 12, 1991 Decided January 27, 1992 | |
| Full case name | Lawrence C. Presley, etc., Appellant, v. Etowah County et al. Ed Peter Mack and Nathaniel Gosha, III, etc., Appellants, v. Russell County Commission et al |
| Citations | 502 U.S. 491 (more) 112 S. Ct. 820; 117 L. Ed. 2d 51 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Jurisdictional Statement for the Appellant at A-I, Presley v. Etowah County Comm'n M.D. Ala. |
| Holding | |
| Neither the Common Fund Resolution nor adoption of the Unit System was a change "with respect to voting" covered by § 5. Pp. 827-832. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by White, Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | |
Presley v. Etowah County Commission, 502 U.S. 491 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court voting rights case where the Court held by a 6—3 majority that the abolition of road districts did not violate the Fifteenth Amendment or the Voting Rights Act of 1965.