Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Decided May 23, 2024. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-807 · 602 U.S. 1 (2024) · Cited 18 times

Holding

Because the District Court’s finding that race predominated in the design of South Carolina’s first congressional district was clearly erroneous, the District Court’s racial-gerrymandering and vote-dilution holdings cannot stand.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court. Read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Allen v. Milligan · 599 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. · 527 U.S. 308 (1999)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• Allen v. State Board of Elections · 393 U.S. 544 (1969)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Moore v. Harper · 600 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · 456 U.S. 844 (1982)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Purcell v. Gonzalez · 549 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Leser v. Garnett · 258 U.S. 130 (1922)

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