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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	RUCHO v. COMMON CAUSE LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 27, 2019
Date Argument	March 26, 2019
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	139 S. Ct. 2484 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4401 204 L. Ed. 2d 931
Docket	18-422

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court
Petitioner	state legislature, house, or committee North Carolina
Respondent	voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CIVIL RIGHTS Voting CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Thomas Roberts Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	JUDICIAL POWER Standing To Sue: Justiciable Question CONSTITUTION Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Thomas Roberts Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2018-062-01

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