Merrill, Secretary of State of Alabama, et al. v. Milligan et al.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Allen_v._Milligan
gptkbp:arguedDate October 4, 2022
gptkbp:citation 599 U.S. ___ (2023)
gptkbp:date June 8, 2023
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Amy_Coney_Barrett
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:docketNumber 21-1086
gptkbp:effect Alabama required to draw a second majority-Black congressional district
gptkbp:heldBy Alabama's 2021 congressional redistricting plan likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Merrill, Secretary of State of Alabama, et al. v. Milligan et al.
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Ketanji_Brown_Jackson
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alabama
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:petitioner John H. Merrill
gptkbp:response gptkb:Evan_Milligan
gptkbp:result Lower court's injunction affirmed
gptkbp:subject voting rights
redistricting
racial gerrymandering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Merrill_v._Milligan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8