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HARRIS v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION (2016)

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HARRIS v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 2015
Decided: April 20, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

HARRIS v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 2016. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 2015.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 578 U.S. 253
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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