Massachusetts's 9th Congressional District
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2004
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Three-judge federal court strikes down 17 Boston-area House districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
On February 24, 2004, a three-judge court (Circuit Judge Selya, sitting by designation, and District Judges Woodlock and Ponsor) ruled in Black Political Task Force v. Galvin, No. 02-11190 (D. Mass.), a challenge to the 2001 Redistricting Act's House districts in the Boston area. The court wrote: "we conclude that the Redistricting Act deprives African-American voters of the rights guaranteed to them by section 2 of the VRA." It struck down the plan as to seventeen House districts, enjoined House elections under it for those seats, and ordered the defendants to submit a new plan within six weeks, retaining jurisdiction.
Source last checked Oct 24, 2026
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