Legal Opinion
Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 2016No. 14-232PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
Appellants, a group of Arizona voters, challenge a redistricting plan for the State's legislature on the ground that the plan's districts are insufficiently equal in population. See Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 , 577, 84 S.Ct. 1362 , 12 L.Ed.2d 506 (1964). Because the maximum population deviation between the largest and the smallest district is less than 10%, the appellants cannot simply rely upon the numbers to show that the plan violates the Constitution. See Brown v. Thomson, 462 U.S. 835 , 842, 103 S.Ct. 2690 , 77 L.Ed.2d 214 (1983). Nor have appellants adequately supported their…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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