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· 1/15/1832

Went v. Morgan

Citations

  • 3 La. 311

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting State's argument that \a Legislature could ... insulate itself from a Shaw -type challenge simply by re-enacting its plan and claiming that it made no decisions about who to include in the district at the time of re-enactment\
  • discuss- ing Circuit precedent regarding the showing needed for “a plaintiff [to] meet the purpose standard”
  • “Defend- ants did not accept [these findings] and instead appealed to the Supreme Court”
  • “Further, the Legislature did not engage in a deliberative process to ensure that the 2013 plans cured any taint from the 2011 plans.”

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