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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	ABBOTT v. PEREZ LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 25, 2018
Date Argument	April 24, 2018
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	138 S. Ct. 2305 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3846 201 L. Ed. 2d 714
Docket	17-586

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Texas Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	Texas Western U.S. District Court
Petitioner	governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact Texas
Respondent	voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CIVIL RIGHTS Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Plus Amendments FEDERAL STATUTE Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Kennedy Roberts Alito regular concurrence Thomas Gorsuch dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2017-072-01

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