Reapportionment and Redistricting Court Cases

The following cases provide important background to assuring the legal aspects of redistricting.

• 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)
  

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