| 1970 |
6/18/1973 |
Districts - House
Legislative Redistricting Board
Redistricting history
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
White v. Regester - 412 U.S. 755 (1973) |
White v. Regester. Court opinion regarding the Texas 1970 legislative reapportionment scheme (79 single-member and 11 multimember districts). Downloaded from www.courtlistener.com.(266 KB)
17 pages
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| 1960 |
2/17/1964 |
Districts - Congressional
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Wesberry v. Sanders - 84 S.Ct. 526 (1964) |
Wesberry v. Sanders. Court opinion, as found at www.courtlistener.com.(153 KB)
25 pages
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| 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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| 1960 |
6/15/1964 |
Redistricting process
U.S. Constitution - 14th Amendment
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Reynolds v. Sims - 377 U.S. 533 (1964) |
Reynolds v. Sims. Opinion. Re Alabama legislative districts.(441 KB)
37 pages
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| 1990 |
6/19/1997 |
Districts - Congressional
Voting Rights Act
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Abrams v. Johnson - 117 S.Ct. 1925 (1997) |
Abrams v. Johnson. Syllabus. Action brought by Georgia residents challenging constitutionality of legislative redistricting plan, and seeking injunction against further use of plan in congressional elections. Held: The District Court's redistricting plan is not unconstitutional.(38 KB)
3 pages
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| 1960 |
3/26/1962 |
U.S. Constitution - 14th Amendment
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Baker v. Carr - (369 U.S. 186) 82 S.Ct. 691 (1962) |
Baker v. Carr. Court opinion regarding action under civil rights statute by voters of certain counties in Tennessee for a declaration that state apportionment statute was an unconstitutional deprivation of equal protection of laws.(134 KB)
78 pages
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| 2010 |
9/25/2012 |
Districts - Congressional
One person one vote |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Tennant v. Jefferson County - 567 U.S. ___ (2012) |
Tennant v. Jefferson County. Opinion, Per Curiam. Plaintiffs claim that West Virginia's 2011 congressional redistricting plan violates the "one person, one vote" principle. Judgment of the District Court is reversed, and case is remanded.(195 KB)
8 pages
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| 2010 |
4/4/2016 |
One person one vote
U.S. Supreme Court |
Court opinion |
United States. Supreme Court |
Evenwel v. Abbott - No. 14-940 |
Evenwel v. Abbott. Court opinion.(247 KB)
53 pages
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| 2010 |
12/2/2015 |
State-by-state comparison
American Community Survey
One person one vote
Census issues - citizenship/CVAP |
Report |
Beveridge, Andrew |
Evenwel v. Abbott - No. 14-940 |
The Threat to Representation for Children and Non-Citizens: An Analysis of the Potential Impact on Evenwel v. Abbott on Redistricting. Includes specific analyses for California, Florida, New York, and Texas.(136 KB)
14 pages
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| 2010 |
8/0/2011 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Population Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Prohibitions Against Racial Discrimination and Gerrymandering / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](18722 KB)
164 pages
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| 1990 |
3/0/1991 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Protection Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Protection of Minority Voting Rights / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Standards for Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](4550 KB)
183 pages
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| 2000 |
3/0/2001 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Protection Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Prohibitions Against Racial Discrimination and Gerrymandering / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](19583 KB)
148 pages
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