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· 6/27/1994

DeWitt v. Wilson

Citations

  • 856 F. Supp. 1409
  • 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13411
  • 1994 WL 325415

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that districts were “functionally” compact because they surrounded “communit[ies] of interest”
  • concluding that the redistricting plan developed by Special Masters and approved by the California Supreme Court “is not racial gerrymandering, but rather a thoughtful and fair example of applying traditional redistricting principles, while being conscious of race.”
  • recognizing that districts were “functionally” compact because they surrounded “communit[ies] of interest”
  • strict scrutiny did not apply to an intentionally created compact majority-minority district
  • decided the same day as Miller

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hug, Circuit Judge, and Garcia and Burrell, District Judges

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