Miller v. Johnson
Significance, A Case Of Racial Gerrymandering, Points Of Affirmation And Dissension, Impact, Further Readings
Appellants
Zell Miller, et al., Lucious Abrams, Jr., et al., and United States
Appellees
Davida Johnson, et al.
Appellants' Claim
The state of Georgia's redistricting plan enacted in 1991 violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when the Eleventh District was created. The appellants claimed that the redistricting plan was based upon racial factors and did not serve any compelling governmental interest.
Chief Lawyer for Appellants
David F. Walbert
Chief Lawyer for Appellees
A. Lee Parks
Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas
Justices Dissenting
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
29 June 1995
Decision
The Supreme Court determined that the Georgia redistricting plan violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as tested by the decision in Shaw v. Reno (1993). The redistricting of Georgia with the creation of the Eleventh District was done predominantly on a racial basis.
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- Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993).
- Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U.S. 899 (1995).
- Bush v. Vera, 517 U.S. 952 (1996).
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