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Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering. [1] After the 1990 census, North Carolina qualified to have a 12th district and drew it in a distinct snake-like manner to create a "majority-minority" Black district.
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Case name Citation Date decided Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School Dist. 509 U.S. 1: 1993: Helling v. McKinney: 509 U.S. 25: 1993: Reno v. Catholic Social Services ...
Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U.S. 899 (1996), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning redistricting and racial gerrymandering. This case and its predecessor, Shaw v.Reno, concerned North Carolina's congressional redistricting plans.
Citing Shaw v. Reno , the majority concluded that strict scrutiny is required whenever race is the "overriding, predominant force" in the redistricting process. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote a concurrence, while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a dissent joined by Justices John Paul Stevens , Stephen G. Breyer , and David H. Souter .
The Supreme Court held in Shaw v. Reno that the unusual shape of the district required strict scrutiny of its racial purpose. Although it is rare for a law to survive strict scrutiny, the districting plan was upheld on remand as "narrowly tailored to further the state's compelling interest in complying with the Voting Rights Act ".
Growe v. Emison (1993) Voinovich v. Quilter (1993) Shaw v. Reno (1993) Johnson v. DeGrandy (1994) Miller v. Johnson (1995) Bush v. Vera (1996) Hunt v. Cromartie (1999) Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004) League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006) Bartlett v. Strickland (2009) Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting ...
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union , 521 U.S. 844 (1997), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States , unanimously ruling that anti-indecency provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of speech . [ 1 ]