McDaniel v. Sanchez

We granted certiorari to decide whether the preclearance requirement of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended,1 applies to a reapportionment plan submitted to a *132Federal District Court by the legislative body of a covered jurisdiction 2 in response to a judicial determination that the existing apportionment of its electoral districts is unconstitutional. Relying on East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall, 424 U. S. 636 (per curiam), the District Court held *133that the plan submitted to it in this case was a judicial plan and thus excepted from the requirements of § 5. Relying on…