Bartlett v. Strickland

Bartlett v. Strickland, 556 U.S. 1 (2009), is a United States Supreme Court case in which a plurality of the Court held that a minority group must constitute a numerical majority of the voting-age population in an area before section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires the creation of a legislative district to prevent dilution of that group's votes.

Bartlett v. Strickland
Argued October 14, 2008
Decided March 9, 2009
Full case nameGary Bartlett, Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, et al., Petitioners v. Dwight Strickland, et al.
Citations556 U.S. 1 (more)
129 S. Ct. 1231; 173 L. Ed. 2d 173; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1842
Case history
PriorCertiorari to the Supreme Court of North Carolina
Holding
A minority group must constitute a numerical majority of the voting-age population in an area before section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires the creation of a legislative district to prevent dilution of that group’s votes.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
PluralityKennedy, joined by Roberts, Alito
ConcurrenceThomas, joined by Scalia
DissentSouter, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
DissentGinsburg
DissentBreyer
Laws applied
Voting Rights Act § 2

The decision struck down a North Carolina redistricting plan that attempted to preserve minority voting power in a 39% black North Carolina House of Representatives district.

Justice Kennedy delivered the decision and was joined by Justices Alito and Roberts. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion that was joined by Justice Scalia. Justice Souter filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer. Justices Ginsburg and Breyer also filed separate dissenting opinions.

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