| 2010 |
0/0/2016 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
One person one vote |
Graph/Diagram |
Court Listener |
Wesberry v. Sanders - 84 S.Ct. 526 (1964)
Evenwel v. Abbott - No. 14-940 |
One Person, One Vote: Wesberry (1964) to Evenwel (2016). Analysis and scalable vector graphic representation of 31 cases. Found on the Court Listener website at:
https://www.courtlistener.com/visualizations/scotus-mapper/703/wesberry-1964-to-evenwel-2016/(36 KB)
1 page. Internet resource
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| 2020 |
3/23/2017 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory
Redistricting commissions |
Report |
Congressional Research Service |
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Congressional Redistricting Law: Background and Recent Court Rulings. By L. Paige Whitaker. March 23, 2017. [7-5700, R44798]. Contents: Constitutional Provisions / VRA / Equality Standard: One Person, One Vote / Equal Protection and the VRA / Partisan Gerrymandering / Redistricting Commissions.(625 KB)
23 pages
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| 2010 |
12/7/2015 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
U.S. Supreme Court |
Article (Website/Blog) |
National Constitution Center |
Baker v. Carr - (369 U.S. 186) 82 S.Ct. 691 (1962) |
Baker v. Carr: The Supreme Court gets involved in redistricting. By Jonathan Stahl. Discusses several cases in light of the political question doctrine.(140 KB)
3 pages
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| 2010 |
1/22/2011 |
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Report |
Wattson, Peter S. |
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How to Draw Redistricting Plans That Will Stand Up in Court. By Peter S. Wattson (Senate Counsel, State of Minnesota).(1507 KB)
55 pages
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| 2010 |
0/0/2016 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Bibliography/Index |
Legislative Reference Library of Texas |
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Selected Redistricting Lawsuits, 1906 - 2016. Sorted by court.(219 KB)
21 pages
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| 2010 |
0/0/2016 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Bibliography/Index |
Legislative Reference Library of Texas |
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Selected Redistricting Lawsuits, 1906 - 2016. Sorted by case name.(231 KB)
21 pages
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| 2010 |
0/0/2016 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Timetable/Chronology
Bibliography/Index |
Legislative Reference Library of Texas |
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Selected Redistricting Lawsuits, 1906 - 2016. Sorted by date.(235 KB)
21 pages
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| 2000 |
0/0/2002 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Book |
Council of State Governments |
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State Legislative Redistricting in 2001-2002: Emerging Trends and Issues in Reapportionment. By Ronald E. Weber. Pages 233-238 of The Book of the States, 2002 Ed., Vol. 34. Weber predicts that the 2000 cycle of redistricting will show less consciousness of race and more of political party.(632 KB)
7 pages
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| 2020 |
8/7/2015 |
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Bibliography/Index |
National Conference of State Legislatures |
Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama - 134 S.Ct. 2695 (2014) 575 U.S. --- (2015)
Evenwel v. Abbott - No. 14-940
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission - 13-314 (2015)
Shapiro v. McManus - 14-990
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Detzner - SC14-1905
Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission - No. 14-232
Page v. Virginia State Board of Elections - Civil Action No. 3:13cv678
Whitford v. Gill (Nichol) - 3:15-cv-00421 (D.C. Wis. 2015)
Dickson v. Rucho - 14-839 |
Important Redistricting Court Cases. Chart from the 2015 NCSL Legislative Summit CLE Session.(376 KB)
2 pages
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| 1980 |
6/0/1980 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment law
Voting Rights Act
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
Southwestern Law Journal |
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Reapportionment by state legislatures: a guide for the 1980's by Steve Bickerstaff [Southwestern Law Journal, Volume 34, No. 2, pp. 607-686](5000 KB)
82 pages
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| 1980 |
5/30/1981 |
Districts - Senate
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
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Opinion No. MW-350. Correspondence from Attorney General Mark White to Comptroller Bob Bullock regarding the Constitutionality of SB-800 - Senate redistricting bill.(167 KB)
5 pages
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| 1980 |
2/28/1984 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Report |
House Study Group |
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The Redistricting Decisions [Interim News, No. 68-5] includes "Key Events in Texas Redistricting" 1981-1984.(705 KB)
14 pages
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| 1980 |
6/9/1980 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Report |
House Study Group |
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Redistricting, Part One: A Preview of 1981 [Special Legislative Report, No. 37].(1788 KB)
31 pages
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| 1990 |
0/0/1995 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Preclearance
Voting - racial bloc |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
Mississippi Law Journal |
Shaw v. Reno - 509 U.S. 630 | 113 S.Ct. 2816 (1993)
Miller v. Johnson - 115 S.Ct. 2475 | 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
LULAC v. Clements - 999 F.2d 831 (5th Cir. 1993) 914 F.2d 620 (5th Cir. 1990)
Presley v. Etowah County Com'n - 112 S.Ct. 820 (1992) |
1990s Issues in Voting Rights by Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley [in Mississippi Law Journal, vol. 65](6217 KB)
35 pages
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| 2000 |
10/21/1999 |
Compactness
Census issues - undercount/adjustment
Gerrymander
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Article (Website/Blog) |
Wattson, Peter S. |
Bush v. Vera - 94-805 | 861 F.Supp. 1304 | 116 S. Ct. 1941 | 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
Shaw v. Reno - 509 U.S. 630 | 113 S.Ct. 2816 (1993)
Miller v. Johnson - 115 S.Ct. 2475 | 515 U.S. 900 (1995) |
How to Draw Redistricting Plans That Will Stand Up in Court by Peter S. Wattson (Senate Counsel, State of Minnesota)(1306 KB)
26 pages
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