Rucho v. Common Cause

Decided June 27, 2019. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-422 · 588 U.S. 684 (2019) · Cited 237 times

Holding

Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Davis v. Bandemer · 478 U.S. 109 (1986)
• Gill v. Whitford · 585 U.S. 48 (2018)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n · 576 U.S. 787 (2015)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Shaw v. Reno · 509 U.S. 630 (1993)
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry · 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Colegrove v. Green · 328 U.S. 549 (1946)
• Ohio v. American Express Co. · 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Burns v. Richardson · 384 U.S. 73 (1966)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. · 581 U.S. 433 (2017)
• Cooper v. Harris · 581 U.S. 285 (2017)

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