Supreme Court· 6/30/1986

Davis v. Bandemer

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478 U.S. 109
106 S. Ct. 2797
92 L. Ed. 2d 85
1986 U.S. LEXIS 122
54 U.S.L.W. 4898

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holding that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that a State, in dividing itself into geographical voting districts, may not identify voters of one political party with the intent and effect of diluting the vote of another party
holding that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that a State, in dividing itself into geographical voting districts, may not identify voters of one political party with the intent and effect of diluting the vote of another party
noting that \the power to influence the political process is not limited to winning elections\
noting that “the power to influence the political process is not limited to winning elections”
holding justiciable a challenge to process of redistricting based on partisan gerrymandering
naming Speaker of the House, President Pro Tern of Senate, and House and Senate chairman of Standing Committees on Elections and Apportionment

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