Shaw v. Reno
E94544
Shaw v. Reno is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the use of race in legislative redistricting by holding that bizarrely shaped, race-based districts can violate the Constitution.
Aliases (1)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
→
landmark voting rights case → |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
→
election law → redistricting law → |
| arguedDate |
1993-04-20
→
|
| citation |
509 U.S. 630
→
|
| concerns |
congressional redistricting
→
majority-minority districts → |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
→
|
| country |
United States
→
|
| court |
Supreme Court of the United States
→
|
| decisionDate |
1993-06-28
→
|
| decisionType |
majority decision
→
|
| defendant |
Janet Reno
→
|
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
NERFINISHED
→
David H. Souter NERFINISHED → Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED → John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED → |
| docketNumber |
92-357
→
|
| fullName |
Shaw v. Reno, Attorney General
→
|
| holding |
Bizarrely shaped, race-based districts may violate the Equal Protection Clause even if they were created to enhance minority voting strength
→
Race cannot be the predominant factor in drawing legislative districts without satisfying strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause → |
| impact |
established that race-based districting can be unconstitutional even when intended to benefit minority voters
→
limited the use of race in legislative redistricting → |
| joinedByInMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
NERFINISHED
→
Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED → Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED → William H. Rehnquist → |
| jurisdiction |
federal question jurisdiction
→
|
| languageOfRecord |
English
→
|
| legalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause
→
racial gerrymandering → |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Sandra Day O'Connor
→
|
| originatingState |
North Carolina
→
|
| pageInUnitedStatesReports |
630
→
|
| plaintiff |
Ruth O. Shaw
NERFINISHED
→
|
| precedentFor |
Bush v. Vera
→
Miller v. Johnson → Shaw v. Hunt → |
| relatedStatute |
Voting Rights Act of 1965
→
|
| result |
North Carolina congressional redistricting plan was subject to Equal Protection challenge
→
|
| standardOfReview |
strict scrutiny
→
|
| subsequentHistory |
case remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion
→
|
| topic |
racial classification in legislative districting
→
shape of electoral districts → |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports |
509
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Equal Protection Clause
→
|
basisFor |
|
Shaw v. Reno
("Shaw v. Reno, Attorney General")
→
|
fullName |