In Re: Energy Transfer LP (Formerly Known as Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.) and ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd. v. the State of Texas

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• holding that the District Court properly declined to defer to a pre- cleared plan that used race as a predominant factor
• holding that the District Court properly declined to defer to a pre- cleared plan that used race as a predominant factor
• holding that the District Court properly declined to defer to a precleared plan that used race as a predominant factor
• holding that legislative \plan is not owed Upham deference to the extent the plan subordinated traditional districting principles to racial considerations\
• ruling that trial court did not clearly err in finding that the third Gingles precondition was not met where there was white voting for black candidates statewide that ranged from 22% to 38%, and electoral success for black-preferred candidates was demonstrated
• explaining that \the shape of a [proposed majority-minority] district certainly cannot be disregarded in a compactness inquiry\

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