Legal Opinion

Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc. v. Secretary, Florida Department of State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 17, 2025No. SC2023-1671Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2023-1671 ____________ BLACK VOTERS MATTER CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE, INC., et al., Petitioners, vs. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Respondents. July 17, 2025 MUÑIZ, C.J. This case involves a challenge to Florida’s 2022 congressional districting plan. The plaintiffs allege that the plan violates the Florida Constitution by failing to retain a two-hundred-mile-long congressional district encompassing several communities of black voters across North Florida. We uphold our state’s congressional districting plan, because the federal…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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