Legal Opinion
Davis v. Bandemer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1986No. 84-1244PublishedCited by 361 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White
In this case, we review a judgment from a three-judge District Court, which sustained an equal protection challenge to Indiana’s 1981 state apportionment on the basis that the law unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Indiana Democrats. 603 F. Supp. 1479 (SD Ind. 1984). Although we find such political gerrymandering to be justiciable, we conclude that the District Court applied an insufficiently demanding standard in finding unconstitutional vote dilution. Consequently, we reverse.
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