Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama

Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama

Argued November 12, 2014
Decided March 25, 2015
Full case name Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al., Appellants v. Alabama, et al.; Alabama Democratic Conference, et al., Appellants v. Alabama, et al.
Docket nos. 13–895
13–1138
Citations

575 U.S. ___ (more)

Court membership
Case opinions
Majority Breyer, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Dissent Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito
Dissent Thomas

Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, 575 U.S. ___ (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case relating to gerrymandering state legislative districts in Alabama. The Court held that, in an earlier ruling, a district court analysis of the legislative black caucus' racial gerrymandering claim as referring to the state “as a whole,” rather than district by district, was without merit.[1]

Opinion of the Court

In a 5-4 decision, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the Court's opinion, vacating the ruling by the District Court and rejecting the black legislators' claim of "racial gerrymander."[2]

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