Bush v. Vera
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Bush v. Vera is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied and extended the racial gerrymandering principles from Shaw v. Reno to invalidate certain Texas congressional districts drawn predominantly on the basis of race.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bush v. Vera canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4229558 — 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: Bush v. Vera Context triple: [Shaw v. Reno, precedentFor, Bush v. Vera]
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A.
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.
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B.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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C.
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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D.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Clinton v. Jones
Clinton v. Jones is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a sitting president is not immune from civil litigation for unofficial acts committed before taking office.
- 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: Bush v. Vera Target entity description: Bush v. Vera is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied and extended the racial gerrymandering principles from Shaw v. Reno to invalidate certain Texas congressional districts drawn predominantly on the basis of race.
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A.
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.
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B.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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C.
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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D.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Clinton v. Jones
Clinton v. Jones is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a sitting president is not immune from civil litigation for unofficial acts committed before taking office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
racial gerrymandering case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| affects | Texas congressional district map of the early 1990s ⓘ |
| appliesPrecedent | Shaw v. Reno ⓘ |
| appliesStandardOfReview | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| aroseInState | Texas ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on racial gerrymandering ⓘ |
| concernsSubject |
Equal Protection Clause
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
congressional redistricting ⓘ racial gerrymandering ⓘ |
| concernsTimePeriod | post-1990 census redistricting cycle ⓘ |
| decisionType | plurality decision ⓘ |
| extendsPrinciplesOf | Shaw v. Reno ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 517 U.S. 952 ⓘ |
| hasConcurrenceBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| hasDissentBy |
David H. Souter
ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | 94-805 ⓘ |
| hasLegalArea |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner |
George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, et al.
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linked to:
George W. Bush
|
| hasPluralityOpinionBy | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | Alma Vera, et al. ⓘ |
| holds |
certain Texas congressional districts were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders
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race cannot be the predominant factor in drawing congressional districts absent narrow tailoring to a compelling interest ⓘ |
| involvesIssue |
Voting Rights Act compliance as a compelling interest
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majority-minority districts ⓘ strict scrutiny review of race-based districting ⓘ |
| isCitedFor |
interaction between the Voting Rights Act and constitutional equal protection
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interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause in redistricting ⓘ limits on race-based redistricting ⓘ |
| legalRule |
compliance with the Voting Rights Act does not automatically justify race-predominant districting
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districts drawn predominantly on the basis of race must be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ⓘ |
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Subject: Bush v. Vera Description of subject: Bush v. Vera is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied and extended the racial gerrymandering principles from Shaw v. Reno to invalidate certain Texas congressional districts drawn predominantly on the basis of race.
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