League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry

E863537

United States Supreme Court case election law case redistricting case voting rights case

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case that examined the constitutionality of Texas’s congressional redistricting plan, particularly its implications for Latino voting rights and partisan gerrymandering.

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Label	Occurrences
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ election law case ⓘ redistricting case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ
arguedDate	2006-03-01 ⓘ 2006-03-02 ⓘ
citation	548 U.S. 399 ⓘ
concerns	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Equal Protection Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Latino voting rights ⓘ Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Texas congressional redistricting ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ partisan gerrymandering ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decidedBy	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	2006-06-28 ⓘ
defendant	Rick Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendantOffice	Governor of Texas ⓘ
docketNumber	05-204 ⓘ 05-254 ⓘ 05-276 ⓘ 05-439 ⓘ
hasShortName	LULAC v. Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ
holding	Texas’s 2003 congressional redistricting plan violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the configuration of District 23 ⓘ mid-decade redistricting is not per se unconstitutional ⓘ the challenged redistricting plan did not violate the Constitution solely because of partisan motivation ⓘ the creation of Texas District 25 did not remedy the Section 2 violation affecting Latino voters in District 23 ⓘ
joinedByInPart	Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ David Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ John Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Alito NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	justiciability of partisan gerrymandering claims ⓘ standards for Section 2 vote dilution ⓘ use of race in redistricting ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Anthony Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
plaintiff	League of United Latin American Citizens NERFINISHED ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy	Anthony Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesTo	Texas congressional District 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas congressional District 25 NERFINISHED ⓘ
remedyOrdered	Texas required to redraw District 23 and adjacent districts ⓘ
result	plan partially invalidated ⓘ
separateOpinionBy	Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ David Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ John Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Alito NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateInvolved	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsequentHistory	Texas enacted a remedial congressional map for the 2006 elections ⓘ
termOfCourt	2005 term ⓘ

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Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 → subjectOfCase → League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry ⓘ