Johnson v. Mortham

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BY THE COURT:

This case arises from the 1992 Florida congressional redistricting process in which a three-judge federal court established a number of districts with racial or ethnic minorities constituting a majority of the voting age population. Plaintiffs are white and hispanic voters who raise an equal protection challenge to Florida’s Third Congressional District under the authority of Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630, 113 S.Ct. 2816, 125 L.Ed.2d 511 (1993).* Plaintiffs claim that District Three is unconstitutional because it segregates voters on the basis…