United States Eighth Circuit

In a case arising from the 2001 legislative redistricting of South Dakota, the circuit court finds that the redistricting plan violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by packing one district with Native Americans at the expense of another, and the district court redistricted South Dakota in a manner that assured Native Americans in the districts the opportunity to elect Indian-preferred candidates.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2006
• Published 08/22/2006

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, HEANEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. Guhin, argued, Asst. Attorney General, Pierre, SD (Sherri Sundem Wald, AGA, Pierre, SD, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bryan Sells of the American Civil Liberties Union, argued, Atlanta, GA (Laughlin McDonald, ACLU, Atlanta, on the brief), for appellee.