Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
Oct. 22, 2020
State high court will review Santa Monica voting rights appeal
The court ordered parties to file briefs Wednesday, addressing: “What must a plaintiff prove in order to establish vote dilution under the California Voting Rights Act?”
The California Supreme Court granted review Wednesday of an appellate court's ruling that the City of Santa Monica did not violate the California Voting Rights Act by using an at-large voting system.
In July, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel overturned a trial court's ruling that at-large voting did dilute Latino votes, in a su...
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