Ala. Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama

Decided March 25, 2015. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13-895 · 575 U.S. 254 (2015) · Cited 127 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Georgia v. Ashcroft, Attorney General · 539 U.S. 461 (2003)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• United States v. Hays · 515 U.S. 737 (1995)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Bartlett v. Strickland · 556 U.S. 1 (2009)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Summers v. Earth Island Institute · 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Ricci v. DeStefano · 557 U.S. 557 (2009)
• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Johnson v. De Grandy · 512 U.S. 997 (1994)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Growe v. Emison · 507 U.S. 25 (1993)
• Rapanos v. United States · 547 U.S. 715 (2006)
• Voinovich v. Quilter · 507 U.S. 146 (1993)
• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• Shaw v. Hunt · 517 U.S. 899 (1996)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Brown v. Thomson · 462 U.S. 835 (1983)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 528 U.S. 320 (2000)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections · 580 U.S. 178 (2017)
• Cooper v. Harris · 581 U.S. 285 (2017)
• North Carolina v. Covington · 585 U.S. 969 (2018)

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