Thornburg v. Gingles (1986)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Thornburg_v._Gingles_(1986)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 478 U.S. 30
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1986
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Thornburg
gptkbp:fullName James Gingles, et al. v. James G. Thornburg, et al.
gptkbp:heldBy Established criteria for proving vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thornburg v. Gingles (1986)
gptkbp:impact Set precedent for minority vote dilution claims
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Section_2_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Racially polarized voting and redistricting
gptkbp:plaintiff Gingles
gptkbp:relatedConcept Gingles factors
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Shaw_v._Reno
Bartlett v. Strickland
gptkbp:unanimousDecision yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Section_2_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6