Presley v. Etowah County Comm'n

Presley v Etowah County Commission
Argued November 12, 1991
Decided January 27, 1992
Full case nameLawrence C. Presley, etc., Appellant, v. Etowah County et al.
Ed Peter Mack and Nathaniel Gosha, III, etc., Appellants, v. Russell County Commission et al
Citations502 U.S. 491 (more)
112 S. Ct. 820; 117 L. Ed. 2d 51
Case history
PriorJurisdictional 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
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
MajorityKennedy, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas
DissentStevens, 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.