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Georgia Vs. Ashcroft

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 26, 2003

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  2. Thornburg Vs. Gingles US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1986
  3. Holder Vs. Hall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1994
  4. Morris Vs. Gressette US Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1977
  5. Voinovich Vs. Quilter US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1992
  6. U.S. 461 (2003) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Georgia V. Ashcroft
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  7. Beer v. United
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  8. actions assuming they meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24, NAACP v. New
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  9. the District Court did not abuse its discretion in allowing intervention in this case, see id., at 367. Morris v. Gressette
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  10. Reno v. Bossier
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  11. a candidate of its choice is an important factor, but it cannot be dispositive or exclusive. See, e. g., Thornburg v. Gingles
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  12. of the Voting Rights Act, see Miller v. Johnson
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  13. refused preclearance because of Georgia's failure to maximize the number of majority-minority districts. See Johnson v. Miller
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  14. however, was challenged as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Shaw v. Reno
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  15. U. S. 630 (1993). In 1995, we held in Miller v. Johnson
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  16. to create the congressional districting plan found unconstitutional in Miller v. Johnson
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  17. Johnson v. Miller
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  18. see also id., at 1536. Georgia recognized that after Miller v. Johnson
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  19. of Justice refused to preclear the 1995 plan, maintaining that it retrogressed from the 1992 plan and that Miller v. Johnson
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  20. Id., at 1539-1540. The court noted that in Miller v. Johnson
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  21. preclearance from the Department of Justice, with some changes to accommodate the decision of this Court in Miller v. Johnson
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  22. and of the District Court in Johnson v. Miller
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  23. Georgia v. United
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  24. Georgia, which bears the burden of proof in this action, see Pleasant Grove v. United
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  25. to this type of lawsuit, and the statute by its terms does not bar private parties from intervening. In NAACP v. New
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  26. To support its argument, Georgia relies on Morris v. Gressette
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  27. and the District Court did not abuse its discretion in granting the motion to intervene in this case. See NAACP v. New
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  28. with respect to their effective exercise of the electoral franchise.''' Miller, 515 U. S., at 926 (quoting Beer v. United
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  29. preclearance. City of Lockhart v. United
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  30. See Reno v. Bossier
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  31. Richmond v. United
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  32. Thornburg 480 v. Gingles
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  33. in which it is highly likely that minority voters will be able to elect the candidate of their choice. See Thornburg v. Gingles
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  34. of minority voters in a few districts does not constitute the unlawful packing of minority voters, see Voinovich v. Quilter
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  35. the rest of the State, and risks narrowing political influence to only a fraction of political districts. Cf. Shaw v. Reno
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  36. supra, at 99 (O'CONNOR, J., concurring in judgment) (quoting Davis v. Bandemer
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  37. see also White v. Regester
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  38. to elect a candidate of choice but can play a substantial, if not decisive, role in the electoral process. Cf. Shaw v. Hunt
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  39. Hays v. Louisiana
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  40. group by increasing the number of representatives sympathetic to the interests of minority voters. See Thornburg v. Gingles
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  41. analysis. Cf. Thornburg v. Gingles
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  42. is able to elect a candidate of choice or to exert a significant influence in a particular district. See Thornburg v. Gingles
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  43. Syllabus Georgia V. Ashcroft
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  44. Naacp V. New
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  45. Miller v. Johnson
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  46. See Johnson v. Miller
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  47. the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Shaw v. Reno
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  48. Pleasant Grove v. United
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  49. In Naacp V. New
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  50. See NAACP v. New
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