28 CFR § 51.56 - Guidance from the courts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s51.56"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 51.56 - Guidance from the courts."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "51.56"
section_name: "Guidance from the courts."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "51"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 42 U.S.C. 1973b, 1973c."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 51.56 Guidance from the courts.

In making determinations the Attorney General will be guided by the relevant decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and of other Federal courts.