Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

Decided June 17, 2019. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-281 · 587 U.S. 658 (2019) · Cited 193 times

Holding

The House of Delegates lacks standing to appeal the invalidation of Virginia’s redistricting plan.

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 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.

• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Karcher v. May · 484 U.S. 72 (1987)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Coleman v. Miller · 307 U.S. 433 (1939)
• Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n · 576 U.S. 787 (2015)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres · 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Whalen v. United States · 445 U.S. 684 (1980)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. · 568 U.S. 85 (2013)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• United States v. Providence Journal Co. · 485 U.S. 693 (1988)
• Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections · 580 U.S. 178 (2017)

Official text

Read the official opinion (PDF, supremecourt.gov)

Explore from here

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).