Legal Opinion
Session v. Perry
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided January 6, 2004No. 6:03-cv-00354PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Various voters, members of Congress, the City of Austin, Texas, the GI Forum, the League of United Latin American Citizens (“LULAC”), and voters of Cherokee County challenge congressional redistricting set forth in Plan 1374C, enacted into law by the Texas Legislature on October 12, 2003,1 and precleared by the Department of Justice on December 19, 2003. Plaintiffs2 allege that Plan 1374C is invalid because (1) Texas may not redistrict mid-decade; (2) the Plan unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of race; (3) the Plan is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander; and (4) various…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hunt v. CromartieSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Vieth v. JubelirerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Hall v. VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- Rodriguez v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- State of Texas v. United States of AmericaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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