Court Extends Texas Redistricting Battle

Submitted by mgruhn on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:42

Case:

Perry v. Perez

The Supreme Court on Friday issued an unsigned, per curiam opinion in Perry v. Perez halting the implementation of a congressional district map drawn by a Federal district court, after the lower court rejected the Texas legislature's map.

Check out Oyez's summary of the case.

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