Legal Opinion
League of Women Voters of Penn v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 24, 2019No. 18-1838PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge In 2017, the League of Women Voters and a group of Pennsylvania Democratic voters filed a state court lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's 2011 congressional districting map. The suit alleged the state's Republican lawmakers drew the congressional map to entrench Republican power in Pennsylvania's congressional delegation and disadvantage Democratic voters. Plaintiffs contended the Republican redistricting plan violated the Pennsylvania Constitution by burdening and disfavoring Democratic voters' rights to free expression and association and by intentionally…
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