National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People, Inc. (NAACP) v. Austin

OPINION

This is a challenge to the Michigan Supreme Court’s 1992 legislative apportionment plan. The various plaintiffs maintain that the Court’s plan dilutes African-American voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, by creating an insufficient number of majority-black state House and Senate districts. The plaintiffs also contend that the plan intentionally concentrates African-Americans into certain districts, in numbers beyond those required for an elector ally effective majority, in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. With…