Read Perry v. Perez, 11-713

In cases challenging redistricting plans in Texas for race discrimination under the federal Constitution and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, orders of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas implementing interim electoral district maps for the 2012 Texas elections are vacated and cases are remanded for further proceedings, where the district court erred to the extent it exceeded its mission to draw interim maps that do not violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act, and substituted its own concept of the collective public good for the Texas Legislature’s determination of which policies serve the interests of the citizens of Texas.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2012
• Published 01/20/2012

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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