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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Predicate Object
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