Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama

Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
Argued November 12, 2014
Decided March 25, 2015
Full case name Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al., Appellants v. Alabama, et al.; Alabama Democratic Conference, et al., Appellants v. Alabama, et al.
Docket nos. 13–895
13–1138
Citations 575 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
The district court committed various legal errors, including the analysis of the racial gerrymandering claim as referring to the State "as a whole," rather than district-by-district.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority Breyer, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Dissent Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito
Dissent Thomas

Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. ___ (2015), was a US Supreme Court case on gerrymandering state legislative districts in Alabama. The Court held that in an earlier ruling, a district court analysis of the legislative black caucus' racial gerrymandering claim as referring to the state “as a whole,” rather than district by district, was without merit.

In December 2013, Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr., joined by Chief District Judge William Keith Watkins, had rejected the plaintiffs' claims, over the dissent of District Judge Myron Herbert Thompson.[1][2]

In a 5-4 decision, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the Court's opinion, vacating the ruling by the District Court and rejecting the black legislators' claim of "racial gerrymander."[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Note, The Supreme Court, 2014 Term — Leading Cases, 129 Harv. L. Rev. 281 (2015).
  2. ↑ Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 989 F. Supp. 2d 1227 (M.D. Ala. 2013).
  3. ↑ Liptak, Adam. "Justices Side With Black Lawmakers in Alabama". The New York Times (25 March 2015). p. A12. Retrieved 2 July 2018.


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