06.20.2019

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General News

Perkins Coie secured a significant 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 17, 2019 for 12 Virginia voters in a constitutional challenge to a Virginia House of Delegates’ redistricting map arising under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Click here to read Perkins Coie’s press release regarding the decision or view one of the publications below.

06.17.2019 - The Washington Post – “High Court Lets Virginia Voting Go Ahead Under Redrawn Map ” 

06.17.2019 - The Washington Post – “Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Findings of Racial Gerrymandering in Va. Districts” 

06.17.2019 - CNN – “Supreme Court Hands Democrats a Win in Virginia Racial Gerrymander Case

06.17.2019 - ABC News – “Democrats in Virginia Win at Supreme Court in Racial Gerrymandering Case” 

06.17.2019 - The New York Times – “Justices Dismiss Appeal in Virginia Racial Gerrymandering Case” 

06.17.2019 - Business Insider – “The Supreme Court Just Rebuked Virginia Republicans, Ruling They Cannot Defend A Racially Gerrymandered District Map in Court” 

06.17.2019 - WTVR – “Breaking Down Supreme Court’s Ruling in Virginia’s Racial Gerrymander Case

06.17.2019 - NBC News – “Supreme Court Blocks Suit Over Racially Gerrymandered Districts in Virginia

06.17.2019 - Richmond Times-Dispatch – “U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Va. House GOP’s Appeal in Racial Gerrymandering Case” 

06.17.2019 - The Virginian Pilot – “U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Virginia’s Redrawn Legislative Districts Will Stand for Election

06.17.2019 - WTKR – “SCOTUS Rules Virginia’s House of Delegates Lacks Standing to Appeal Gerrymandering Verdict,” 

06.17.2019 - The Hill – “Supreme Court Hands Virginia Democrats a Win in Gerrymandering Case” 

06.18.2019 - The Economist – “The Supreme Court Sinks a Republican Gerrymander in Virginia”