Miller v. Johnson
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United States Supreme Court case
constitutional law case
legal case
racial gerrymandering case
redistricting case
Miller v. Johnson is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering and the Equal Protection Clause in legislative redistricting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miller v. Johnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4229556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller v. Johnson Context triple: [Shaw v. Reno, precedentFor, Miller v. Johnson]
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Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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McDonald v. Smith
McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miller v. Johnson Target entity description: Miller v. Johnson is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering and the Equal Protection Clause in legislative redistricting.
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A.
Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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B.
McDonald v. Smith
McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
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C.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ legal case ⓘ racial gerrymandering case ⓘ redistricting case ⓘ |
| arguedDate | January 17, 1995 ⓘ |
| citation | 515 U.S. 900 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Clarence Thomas
NERFINISHED
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Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | June 29, 1995 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
David H. Souter
NERFINISHED
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John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Miller v. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
A redistricting plan in which race is the predominant factor in drawing district lines is subject to strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause.
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Georgia’s Eleventh Congressional District, drawn with race as the predominant factor, violated the Equal Protection Clause. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
clarified that states cannot subordinate traditional districting principles to race without satisfying strict scrutiny
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further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering in legislative redistricting ⓘ limited the extent to which race can be used as a factor in drawing electoral districts ⓘ |
| issue |
whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act can justify race-based districting under the Equal Protection Clause
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whether race was the predominant factor in the creation of a congressional district ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Antonin Scalia
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Equal Protection Clause
NERFINISHED
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional redistricting ⓘ racial gerrymandering ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| party |
James A. Johnson
NERFINISHED
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Ruth B. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentOf |
Bush v. Vera
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Shaw v. Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToCase | Shaw v. Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToStatute | Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | judgment of the district court affirming the challenge to Georgia’s Eleventh District was affirmed ⓘ |
| standardOfReview | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| term | October Term 1994 ⓘ |
| topic |
United States congressional districts
NERFINISHED
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election law ⓘ race-conscious districting ⓘ |
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Subject: Miller v. Johnson Description of subject: Miller v. Johnson is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the doctrine on racial gerrymandering and the Equal Protection Clause in legislative redistricting.
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