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Branch Vs. Smith

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 31, 2003

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  4. White Vs. Weiser US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1973
  5. Abrams Vs. Johnson US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1997
  6. Growe Vs. Emison US Supreme Court · Nov 02, 1992
  7. Chapman Vs. Meier US Supreme Court · Jan 27, 1975
  8. Morris Vs. Gressette US Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1977
  9. Wesberry Vs. Sanders US Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1964
  10. Hope Vs. Pelzer US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 2002
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  12. U.S. 254 (2003) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Branch Et Al. V. Smith
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  13. Together with No. 01-1596, Smith et al. v. Branch
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  14. of the statecourt plan. Pp. 261-266. (a) There are two critical distinctions between these cases and Growe v. Emison
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  15. Georgia v. United
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  16. electoral plans. The Voting Rights Act had recently been enacted, and this Court's decisions in, e. g., Baker v. Carr
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  17. for districting. White v. Weiser
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  18. Posadas v. National
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  19. with the State Chancery Court's efforts to develop a redistricting plan. In an order filed on December 5,2001, Smith v. Clark
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  20. id., at 503 (quoting Growe v. Emison
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  21. At the outset we should observe two critical distinctions between these cases and the one that was before us in Growe v. Emison
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  22. Id., at 34 (quoting Chapman v. Meier
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  23. see Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. White
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  24. seeking administrative preclearance must prove that the change is nondiscriminatory in purpose and effect. Reno v. Bossier
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  25. It bears the burden of providing the Attorney General information sufficient to make that proof, Georgia v. United
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  26. accord, Morris v. Gressette
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  27. until the requested information was received. The request was neither frivolous nor unwarranted. See Georgia v. United
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  28. et seq.). Even more significant, our decisions in Baker v. Carr
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  29. U. S. 186 (1962), Wesberry v. Sanders
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  30. U. S. 1 (1964), and Reynolds v. Sims
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  31. in which the role of federal courts in redistricting disputes had been transformed from spectating, see Colegrove v. Green
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  32. redistricting plan by the Michigan Legislature, all Michigan Representatives would be elected at large. Calkins v. Hare
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  33. On October 19, 1964, a three-judge District Court entered a similar order for the State of Texas. See Bush v. Martin
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  34. compel the court to require at-large elections if the legislature adopted malapportioned congressional districts. Park v. Faubus
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  35. Preisler v. Secretary
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  36. Missouri, 257 F. Supp. 953, 981, 982 (WD Mo. 1966), aff'd, 385 U. S. 450 (1967) (per curiam). In Meeks v. Anderson
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  37. F. Supp. 271, 273-274 (Kan. 1964), and Baker v. Clement
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  38. Simpson v. Mahan
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  39. required it to establish single-member districts, see Legislature v. Reinecke
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  40. P. 2d 385, 390 (1972), a conclusion that it reaffirmed in 1982, see Assembly of State of Gal. v. Deukmejian
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  41. Cal. 3d 638, 664, 639 P. 2d 939, 955 (1982). In Shayer v. Kirkpatrick
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  42. F. Supp. 922, 926 (WD Mo.), aff'd sub nom. Schatzle v. Kirkpatrick
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  43. And in Carstens v. Lamm
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  44. c). Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  45. only to legislative action. Its more common meaning, however, encompasses judicial decisions as well. See, e. g., Hope v. Pelzer
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  46. Swidler & Berlin v. United
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  47. would be subject to no exception, and courts would (despite Baker v. Carr
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  48. c) by implication. See Shayer v. Kirkpatrick
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  49. Assembly of State of Cal. v. Deukmejian
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  50. Universal Interpretive Shuttle Corp. v. Washington
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