Legal Opinion
Benisek v. Lamone
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 7, 2018No. Case No. 1:13-cv-03233-JKBPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNiemeyer, Circuit Judge
The plaintiffs in this action - seven registered Republican voters who lived in Maryland's Sixth Congressional District prior to the State's enactment of its 2011 congressional redistricting law - challenge the constitutionality of that law and, specifically, the way the State redrew the boundaries of the Sixth District. See Md. Code Ann., Elec. Law § 8-701 et seq . They contend that in enacting the law, State officials specifically intended to burden Republicans with the overarching goal of achieving a state delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives of seven Democrats and one…
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