Abbott v. Perez
| Abbott v. Perez | |
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| Argued April 24, 2018 Decided June 25, 2018 | |
| Full case name | Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. v. Shannon Perez, et al. |
| Docket nos. | 17-586 17-626 |
| Citations | 585 U.S. 579 (more) 138 S. Ct. 2305; 201 L. Ed. 2d 714; 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3846; 2018 WL 3096311 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Perez v. Abbott, 267 F. Supp. 3d 750 (W.D. Tex. 2017); 274 F. Supp. 3d 624 (W.D. Tex. 2017) |
| Holding | |
| The Texas court erred in requiring the State to show that the 2013 Legislature purged the "taint" that the court attributed to the defunct and never-used plans enacted by a prior legislature in 2011. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Gorsuch |
| Concurrence | Thomas, joined by Gorsuch |
| Dissent | Sotomayor, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
Abbott v. Perez, 585 U.S. 579 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the redistricting of the state of Texas following the 2010 census. The court held that the Texas court erred in requiring the state to show that the 2013 Legislature purged the "taint" that the court attributed to the defunct and never-used plans enacted by a prior legislature in 2011.