After reading the case of Latasha Holloway, et al. v. City of Virginia Beach, et al. answer the questions below. Your answers should be in the form of complete sentences and paragraphswhen necessary to fully answer a question. DO NOT merely cut and paste answers from the case as the purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your ability to read and understand the application of the law to the facts in a case.

1. Identify the parties to the lawsuit.

2. Who is the judge?

3. Where was the suit filed?

4. Why was it filed in this particular court? In other words, how does this court have jurisdiction to hear this type of case?

5. What is the case about?

6. Describe the current at large election system in Virginia Beach.

7. What is a poll tax?

8. What efforts have been made to change the voting system in the past?

9. What is the Voting Rights Act?

10. In a racial vote dilution case, what must the plaintiff show to win their case?

11. If a coalition of minorities want to "aggregate their Section 2 claims, what does the law say they must prove?

12. How is a class of citizens defined?

13. What does the Gingles case say must be proven?

14. Did the court find the Gingles conditions were met in this case?

15. What factors/metrics did the court consider to determinethe minority community is cohesive?

16. How did the court determine that Hispanic, Black and Asian voters tend to vote cohesively for similarly preferred candidates?

17. Discuss examples of minority voter cohesion for white candidates.

18. What 9 factors is the court to consider based on the totality of the circumstances, that there has been a violation of the Voting Rights Act?

19. What evidence did the court consider in determining there was a history of official discrimination?

20. What were the recent acts of discrimination identified by the court?

21. What is candidate slating?

22. Discuss the use of racial appeals.

23. What was the ruling of the court?

24. What damages were awarded?

25. Do you agree with the court's decision?

26. Do the parties have a right to appeal this decision if they are unhappy?

link below

https://casetext.com/case/holloway-v-city-of-va-beach-2