Reapportionment and Redistricting Court Cases

The following cases were identified by Pamela S. Karlan in "The Future of Voting Rights Litigation" as cases that will have great influence over the 2001 reapportionment and redistricting or as cases that provide important background information.

• Hunt v. Cromartie, 119 S.Ct. __ (1999) (No. 98-85)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board, 119 S.Ct. 899 (1999)
• King v. Illinois Board of Elections, 118 S. Ct. 877 (1998) summarily aff'g 979 F. Supp 619 (N.D. Ill. 1997)
• Lawyer v. Department of Justice, 117 S. Ct. 2186 (1997)
• Abrams v. Johnson, 521 U.S. 74 (1997)
• Bush v. Vera, 116 S. Ct. 1941, 1956-58 (1996)
• Shaw v. Hunt, 116 S. Ct. 1895, 1905 (1996)
• Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900, 916 (1995)
• Dewitt v. Wilson 115 S. Ct. 2637 (1995) summarily affd 856 F. Supp. 1409 (E.D. Cal. 1994)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Clements 999 F. 2d 831 (5th cir. 1993) (en banc), cert. denied, 114 S. Ct. 878 (1994)
• Johnson v. De Grandy, 114 S. Ct. 2647 (1994)
• Voinovich v. Quilter, 507 U.S. 146 (1993)
• Growe v. Emison, 507 U.S. 25, 33 (1993)
• Terrazas v. Slagle, 821 F. Supp 1162 (W.D. Tex. 1993)
• Pope v. Blue, 809 F. Supp 392 (W.D.N.C.) summarily aff'd 506 U.S. 801 (1992)
• Hastert v. State Board of Elections, 777 F. Supp. 634 (N.D. Ill 1991)
• Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee v. State Advisory Board, 781 F. Supp. 394, 395-96 (D. Md. 1991)
• Davis v. Bandemer, 478 U.S. 109, 124-25 (1986)
• Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30, 48-49 (1986)
• Karcher v. Daggett, 462 U.S. 725, 740 (1983)
• City of Lockhart v. United States, 460 U.S. 125, 135 (1983)
• Wilson v. Eu, 823 P.2d 545 (Cal. 1992)
• Busbee v. Smith, 549 F. Supp. 494 (D.D.C. 1982), aff'd 459 U.S. 1166 (1983)
• Rybicki v. State Board of Elections, 574 F. Supp. 1082, 1108 (N.D. Ill. 1982)
• Brown v. Thompson, 462 U.S. 835, 842 (1982)
• Nevett v. Sides, 571 F. 2d 209, 215 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Beer v. United States, 425 U.S. 130, 141 (1976)
• City of Richmond v. United States, 42 U.S. 358 (1975)
• Mahan v. Howell, 410 U.S. 315, 328 (1973)
• Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. 474, 510 (1968)
• Reynolds v. Simms, 377 U.S. 533, 568 (1964)
• Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 7-8 (1964)
• Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot 364 U.S. 339 (1960)