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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	FORTIS MORSE, KENNETH CURTIS BARTHOLOMEW AND KIMBERLY J. ENDERSON v. REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 27, 1996
Date Argument	October 02, 1995
Decision Type	judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Citations	517 U.S. 186 116 S. Ct. 1186 1996 U.S. LEXIS 2164 134 L. Ed. 2d 347
Docket	94-203

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Virginia Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	Virginia Western U.S. District Court
Petitioner	voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Respondent	political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CIVIL RIGHTS Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Plus Amendments FEDERAL STATUTE Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Ginsburg special concurrence O'Connor Souter Breyer dissent Rehnquist Scalia Kennedy Thomas judgment of the Court Stevens
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CIVIL RIGHTS Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Plus Amendments CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (association)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Ginsburg special concurrence O'Connor Souter Breyer dissent Rehnquist Scalia Kennedy Thomas judgment of the Court Stevens

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1995-038-01

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