Ala. Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, Nos. 13–895
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court. |
| Citation | 191 L.Ed.2d 314,135 S.Ct. 1257,575 U.S. 254 |
| Parties | ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, et al., Appellants v. ALABAMA et al. Alabama Democratic Conference, et al., Appellants v. Alabama et al. |
| Docket Number | 13–1138.,Nos. 13–895 |
| Decision Date | 25 March 2015 |
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48 practice notes
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...plan would 148 transgress the VRA. Cooper v. Harris, 137 S.Ct. 1455, 1464 (2017) (quoting Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 1274 (2015)). ¶237 The majority assumes a remedial assembly map with fewer than seven Black majority-minority districts would violate the VR......
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...considerations such as compactness, contiguity, and preservation of communities of interest); Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254, 273-74, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) (listing evidence that could show a map was not race neutral, including exact racial demographics a......
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...VRA. Cooper v. Harris, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S. Ct. 1455, 1464, 197 L.Ed.2d 837 (2017) (quoting Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254, 135 S. Ct. 1257, 1274, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) ).¶237 The majority assumes a remedial assembly map with fewer than seven Black majority-mino......
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Slusser v. Commonwealth, Record No. 0772-21-3
...Inc. , 32 F.3d 143, 146 (4th Cir. 1994) ). This is not an opportunity "to take a mulligan." Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama , 575 U.S. 254, 282, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 1275, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) (Scalia, J., dissenting). In other words, the remand does not open up the restitution hearing for......
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44 cases
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...plan would 148 transgress the VRA. Cooper v. Harris, 137 S.Ct. 1455, 1464 (2017) (quoting Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 1274 (2015)). ¶237 The majority assumes a remedial assembly map with fewer than seven Black majority-minority districts would violate the VR......
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...considerations such as compactness, contiguity, and preservation of communities of interest); Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254, 273-74, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) (listing evidence that could show a map was not race neutral, including exact racial demographics a......
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Johnson v. Wis. Elections Comm'n, 2021AP1450-OA
...VRA. Cooper v. Harris, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S. Ct. 1455, 1464, 197 L.Ed.2d 837 (2017) (quoting Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254, 135 S. Ct. 1257, 1274, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) ).¶237 The majority assumes a remedial assembly map with fewer than seven Black majority-mino......
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Slusser v. Commonwealth, Record No. 0772-21-3
...Inc. , 32 F.3d 143, 146 (4th Cir. 1994) ). This is not an opportunity "to take a mulligan." Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama , 575 U.S. 254, 282, 135 S.Ct. 1257, 1275, 191 L.Ed.2d 314 (2015) (Scalia, J., dissenting). In other words, the remand does not open up the restitution hearing for......
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4 books & journal articles
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The Race-Blind Future of Voting Rights.
...not to freeze opportunity districts' minority population shares from the previous decade in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254, 275-79 (164.) See, e.g., GARY KING, A SOLUTION TO THE ECOLOGICAL INFERENCE PROBLEM: RECONSTRUCTING INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR FROM AGGREGATE DATA 7......
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RACIAL TRANSITION.
...Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-246, 120 Stat. 577, as recognized in Ala. Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254 (2015); see Gilda R. Daniels, Racial Redistricting in a Post-Racial World, 32 CARDOZO L. REV. 947 (2011); Pamela S. Karlan, Georgia v. Ashc......
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The Legacy of Shelby County: Brnovich and the Supreme Court's Ideological Struggle to Find a Standard for Vote-Deprivation Challenges to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
...by statute, Voting Rights Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-246, 120 Stat. 577 (2006), as recognized in Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254 (94.) See id. at 481 (remarking section 5 provides state latitude to determine representation type). (95.) See id. at 480 (defining "safe" and......
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THE VRA AT A CROSSROADS: THE ABILITY OF SECTION 2 TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATORY DISTRICTING ON THE EVE OF THE 2020 CENSUS.
...bring suit alleging a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. See, e.g., Ala. Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. 254 (2015). However, these suits are typically successful where there are egregious forms of discriminatory districting. See, e.g., Shaw v. Ren......