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Easley Vs. Cromartie

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 18, 2001

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  1. Shaw Vs. Hunt US Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1996
  2. Bush Vs. Vera US Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1996
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  3. Hunt Vs. Cromartie US Supreme Court · May 17, 1999
  4. Governor of North Carolina, Et Al. V. Cromartie
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  5. by using race as the predominant factor in drawing its Twelfth Congressional District's 1992 boundaries, Shaw v. Hunt
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  6. with a race-based objective or the constitutional political objective of creating a safe Democratic seat. Hunt v. Cromartie
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  7. Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., pursuant to this Court's Rule 35.3. tTogether with No. 99-1865, Smallwood et al. v. Cromartie
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  8. at 546. Because the underlying districting decision falls within a legislature's sphere of competence, Miller v. Johnson
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  9. United States v. United
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  10. and which cannot in and of themselves, as a matter of law, support the District Court's judgment here. See Bush v. Vera
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  11. North Carolina congressional districts drawn in 1992 that contained a majority of African-American voters. See Shaw v. Reno
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  12. B Our third holding focused on a new District 12, the boundaries of which the legislature had redrawn in 1997. Hunt v. Cromartie
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  13. Cromartie v. Hunt
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  14. Miller v. Johnson
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  15. Cromartie, supra, at 546 (quoting Shaw I, 509 U. S., at 644, in turn quoting Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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  16. Anderson v. Bessemer
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  17. the concurrent findings of the two lower courts. E. g., Neil 243 v. Biggers
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  18. we find that an extensive review of the District Court's findings, for clear error, is warranted. See Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  19. the District Court did not rely upon the existence of the 1998 plan to support its ultimate conclusion. See Kelley v. Everglades
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  20. that race was the predominant factor motivating the North Carolina Legislature is a factual finding. See Hunt v. Cromartie
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  21. Lawyer v. Department
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  22. U. S. 900 , 910 (1995). See also Anderson v. Bessemer
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  23. Id., at 573 (quoting United States v. United
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  24. Miller and Shaw, we also did not have the benefit of intermediate appellate review. See also United States v. Oregon
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  25. of the trial were relevant in deciding how to review factual findings, an as- 1 Despite its citation of Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  26. U. S., at 515 (REHNQUIST, J., dissenting). Nor could it, given our holdings in Lawyer v. Department
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  27. of Justice, 521 U. S. 567 (1997), Miller v. Johnson
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  28. U. S. 900 (1995), and Shaw v. Hunt
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  29. long, Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  30. overlooks the District Court's express assessment of the legislative redistricting leader's credibility. See Cromartie v. Hunt
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  31. See Bush v. Vera
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  32. See Shaw v. Reno
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  33. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
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  34. See Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  35. See Kelley v. Everglades
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  36. See Hunt v. Cromartie
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  37. of Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  38. and Shaw v. Hunt
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  39. Bose Corp. v. Consumers
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  40. See Cromartie v. Hunt
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  41. United States v. Oregon
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