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Davis Vs. Bandemer

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 30, 1986

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  1. Burns Vs. Richardson US Supreme Court · Apr 25, 1966
  2. Fortson Vs. Dorsey US Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1965
  3. Wright Vs. Rockefeller US Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1964
  4. Wells Vs. Rockefeller US Supreme Court · Apr 07, 1969
  5. Abate Vs. Mundt US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1971
  6. Reynolds Vs. Sims US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  7. Graves Vs. Barnes US Supreme Court · Feb 07, 1972
  8. U.S. 109 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Davis v. Bandemer
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  9. U.S. 109 (1986) Davis v. Bandemer
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  10. affirmed on the merits decisions of lower courts finding such claims to be nonjusticiable. A Since Baker v. Carr
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  11. principle. See, e.g., Reynolds v. Sims
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  12. districting plans that unconstitutionally diminished the effectiveness of the votes of racial minorities. See Rogers v. Lodge
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  13. Mobile v. Bolden
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  14. struck down an apportionment plan because of such a claim. See United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  15. would raise a constitutional question. Fortson, supra, at 439 (emphasis added). See also Gaffney v. Cummings
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  16. supra, at 384 U. S. 88 . Finally, in Gaffney v. Cummings
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  17. of political groups, at the least supports an inference that these cases are justiciable. In the years since Baker v. Carr
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  18. in which the lower courts rejected the justiciability of purely political gerrymandering claims. In WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo
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  19. of the lower court's finding of nonjusticiability. See 382 U.S. at 382 U. S. 6 . See also Jimenez v. Hidalgo
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  20. Ferrell v. Hall
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  21. claims and we summarily affirmed or dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. See, e.g., Wiser v. Hughes
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  22. Kelly v. Bumpers
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  23. Archer v. Smith
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  24. U.S. 808 (1972), summarily aff'g Graves v. Barnes
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  25. Washington v. Yakima
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  26. Indian Nation, 439 U. S. 463 , 439 U. S. 477 , n. 20 (1979). See also Edelman v. Jordan
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  27. B The outlines of the political question doctrine were described and to a large extent defined in Baker v. Carr
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  28. which political gerrymander cases are to be decided. It is true that the type of claim that was presented in Baker v. Carr
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  29. rule. See, e.g., Reynolds v. Sims
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  30. and we decline to hold that such claims are never justiciable. Our racial gerrymander cases such as White v. Regester
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  31. and Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  32. of such claims, rejecting the claim in Whitcomb and sustaining it in Regester. Just as clearly, in Gaffney v. Cummings
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  33. that Baker v. Carr
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  34. wide-ranging factors in assessing justiciability would alter substantially the analysis the Court enunciated in Baker v. Carr
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  35. against an identifiable political group and an actual discriminatory effect on that group. See, e.g., Mobile v. Bolden
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  36. Democratic or Republican candidate or is a competitive district that either candidate might win. As we said in Gaffney v. Cummings
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  37. in fashioning a reapportionment plan is sufficient to invalidate it. Our cases indicate quite the contrary. See White v. Regester
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  38. to allocating seats to the contending parties in proportion to what their anticipated statewide vote will be. Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  39. supra, at 403 U. S. 160 . This is true of a racial, as well as a political, group. White v. Regester
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  40. approach in Gaffney v. Cummings
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  41. have we refused to approve the use of multimember districts. Rogers v. Lodge
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  42. U.S. at 458 U. S. 624 . See also United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  43. U.S. Supreme Court Davis v. Bandemer
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  44. A Since Baker v. Carr
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  45. See Rogers v. Lodge
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  46. See United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  47. Baker v. Carr
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  48. In WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo
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  49. Jimenez v. Hidalgo
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  50. Wiser v. Hughes
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