League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry

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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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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
Equal Protection Clause
Latino voting rights
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Texas congressional redistricting
Voting Rights Act of 1965
partisan gerrymandering
country United States
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 2006-06-28
defendant Rick Perry
defendantOffice Governor of Texas
docketNumber 05-204
05-254
05-276
05-439
hasShortName LULAC v. Perry
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
Clarence Thomas
David Souter
linked to: David H. Souter

John Paul Stevens
John Roberts
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Samuel Alito
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Stephen Breyer
linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
legalIssue justiciability of partisan gerrymandering claims
standards for Section 2 vote dilution
use of race in redistricting
majorityOpinionBy Anthony Kennedy
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy
originatedIn Texas
plaintiff League of United Latin American Citizens
pluralityOpinionBy Anthony Kennedy
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy
relatesTo Texas congressional District 23
Texas congressional District 25
remedyOrdered Texas required to redraw District 23 and adjacent districts
result plan partially invalidated
separateOpinionBy Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
David Souter
linked to: David H. Souter

John Paul Stevens
John Roberts
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Samuel Alito
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Stephen Breyer
linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
stateInvolved Texas
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
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry hasShortName LULAC v. Perry
linked to: League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry