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Voting Rights Lawsuit: Court Documents, 1985-1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
Voting Rights: Brief of the City of Springfield in Opposition to Objector's Petition, 1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Voting Rights Lawsuit: Court Documents, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Voting Rights: Exceptions of Local Government, 1985
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Voting Rights: Exhibits (A-J), 1973-1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1973-1986
Voting Rights: Discrimination in Springfield, 1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Voting Rights: First and Second Voting Rights Act Memos, 1985
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Voting Rights: Plaintiffs' First Interrogatories to Defendants
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1984 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Voting Rights Lawsuits from Other States
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1984 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Voting Rights: Notes, Correspondence, etc., 1984-1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city.
The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986