Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
| Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama | |
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| 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) |
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| 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.[1]
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."[2]
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- Slip opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court
- SCOTUSblog coverage
- Oyez.org coverage