Cooper v. Harris

Decided May 22, 2017. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 15-1262 · 581 U.S. 285 (2017) · Cited 259 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Bartlett v. Strickland · 556 U.S. 1 (2009)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections · 580 U.S. 178 (2017)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama · 575 U.S. 254 (2015)
• Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880 (2008)
• Growe v. Emison · 507 U.S. 25 (1993)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Chambers v. Mississippi · 410 U.S. 284 (1973)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Miller-El v. Dretke · 545 U.S. 231 (2005)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Kirkpatrick v. Preisler · 394 U.S. 526 (1969)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Holder v. Hall · 512 U.S. 874 (1994)
• Glossip v. Gross · 576 U.S. 863 (2015)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Shaw v. Hunt · 517 U.S. 899 (1996)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Stanley v. Gadsby · 35 U.S. 411 (1836)

Cited by

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• Nieves v. Bartlett · 587 U.S. 391 (2019)
• Flowers v. Mississippi · 588 U.S. 284 (2019)
• Rucho v. Common Cause · 588 U.S. 684 (2019)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)

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