Lapin v. State Bar of Cal.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the voter-identification statute at issue had an impermissible discriminatory effect on Hispanics and African-Americans
• finding racial disparities in ID possession but vacating and remanding the district court’s finding of discriminatory intent
• finding evidence of racial appeals “not highly probative here,” noting “it is not clear how such anecdotal evidence of racial campaign appeals combines with [the law] to deny or abridge the right to vote”
• panel opinion discussing that plaintiffs’ expert found that 98% of Whites, 91.9% of Blacks, and 94.1% of Hispanics possessed photo IDs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).