Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013)

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gptkbp:arguedDate	2013-02-27
gptkbp:category	Civil rights case Constitutional law case
gptkbp:citation	570 U.S. 529
gptkbp:constitution	gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment gptkb:Tenth_Amendment
gptkbp:date	2013-06-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:effect	invalidated coverage formula for preclearance rendered Section 5 unenforceable
gptkbp:heldBy	Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
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gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Section_5_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr.
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Shelby_County,_Alabama
gptkbp:predecessor	subsequent voting rights litigation
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