Legal Opinion
League of Women Voters of Chi v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2014No. 13-2977PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In 2012, Chicago’s City Council voted on and adopted a new ward map to take effect in 2015. The League of Women Voters of Chicago and fourteen Chicago citizens (collectively “the League”) filed this action challenging the redistricting. The League alleged that the 2015 map failed to adhere to equal-population principles established under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The League also asserted that the City prematurely implemented the 2015 boundaries, which infringed upon their right to vote under the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court…
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