League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al.

Decided June 28, 2006. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 05-204 · 548 U.S. 399 (2006) · Cited 297 times

Holding

The judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and vacated in part, and the cases are remanded.

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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.

• Thornburg v. Gingles · 478 U.S. 30 (1986)
• Johnson v. De Grandy · 512 U.S. 997 (1994)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Georgia v. Ashcroft, Attorney General · 539 U.S. 461 (2003)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Upham v. Seamon · 456 U.S. 37 (1982)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Growe v. Emison · 507 U.S. 25 (1993)
• Voinovich v. Quilter · 507 U.S. 146 (1993)
• Karcher v. Daggett · 462 U.S. 725 (1983)
• Abrams v. Johnson · 521 U.S. 74 (1997)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• Connor v. Finch · 431 U.S. 407 (1977)
• Shaw v. Hunt · 517 U.S. 899 (1996)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• White v. Regester · 412 U.S. 755 (1973)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Beer v. United States · 425 U.S. 130 (1976)
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• United States v. Classic · 313 U.S. 299 (1941)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• United States v. Hays · 515 U.S. 737 (1995)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• Fortson v. Dorsey · 379 U.S. 433 (1965)

Cited by

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• Bartlett v. Strickland · 556 U.S. 1 (2009)
• Abbott v. Perez · 585 U.S. 579 (2018)
• Rucho v. Common Cause · 588 U.S. 684 (2019)
• Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections · 580 U.S. 178 (2017)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• Allen v. Milligan · 599 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Cooper v. Harris · 581 U.S. 285 (2017)
• Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama · 575 U.S. 254 (2015)
• Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission · 595 U.S. 398 (2022)
• Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee · 594 U.S. 647 (2021)
• Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services · 605 U.S. 303 (2025)

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