Allen v. Milligan

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• observing that “mod- ern computer technology” allows challengers to “generate millions of possible districting maps for a given State”
• assessing the scope USCA11 Case: 22-13822 Document: 58-1 Date Filed: 09/25/2025 Page: 28 of 92 28 Opinion of the Court 22-13822 of Congress’s Fifteenth Amendment authority without reference to Boerne
• A “single-minded” concentration on “only one circumstance[ ]” “cannot be squared with [Section 2’s] demand”
• involving more than 2 million expert- generated maps

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rodney Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-03-28· cited 35×
• Robinson v. Ardoin
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-11-10· cited 18×
• Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
  Supreme Court· 2024-05-23· cited 5×
• Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Secretary of State for the State of Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-06-26· cited 3×
• State ex rel. Dillon v. Indus. Comm.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2024-03-05· cited 3×
• Richard Rose v. Secretary, State of Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2023-11-24· cited 2×
• Rebecca Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2023-12-22· cited 1×
• Oconomowoc Area School District v. Gregory L. Cota
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2024-01-10· cited 1×
• Coads v. Nassau County
  New York Supreme Court, Nassau County· 2024-12-06· cited 1×
• Byrd, The Florida Senate v. Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc., Equal Ground Education Fund, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-12-01
• Richard Rose v. Secretary, State of Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-07-10
• Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc. v. Secretary, Florida Department of State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2025-07-17
• Nairne v. Landry
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-08-14
• Susan Palmer v. Jose Trevino
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-08-27
• United States v. Jordan Leahy
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-09-25
• State ex rel. Citizens Not Politicians v. Ohio Ballot Bd.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2024-09-16
• Jackson v. Tarrant County
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-10-29
• Louisiana v. Callais
  Supreme Court· 2026-04-29
• Louisiana v. Callais Revisions: 5/04/26
  Supreme Court· 2026-04-29
• Allen v. Milligan
  Supreme Court· 2026-06-02

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2006-02-22· cited 6,493×
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 4,496×
• Washington v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-07· cited 3,450×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• Bartlett v. Strickland
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-09· cited 2,505×
• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 2,166×
• City of Boerne v. Flores
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 1,926×
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 1,322×
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court· 1906-02-19· cited 1,300×
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-11· cited 1,277×
• Thornburg v. Gingles
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,221×
• Johnson v. De Grandy
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 1,107×
• Plessy v. Ferguson
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-18· cited 1,034×
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-02· cited 945×
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 802×
• City of Mobile v. Bolden
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-22· cited 783×
• White v. Regester
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 771×
• Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.
  Supreme Court· 1932-04-11· cited 745×
• Shaw v. Reno
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 739×