Gerrymandering

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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2025
Alabama on a map of the United States of America

Gerrymandering

Racial Justice

Allen v. Milligan

Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and a trial was held in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade. In May 2025, a federal court ruled that Alabama's 2023 congressional map both violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was enacted by the Alabama Legislature with racially discriminatory intent.
Allen V. Milligan. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Mississippi

Gerrymandering

State Board of Election Commissioners v. Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP

Mississippi has a growing Black population, which is already the largest Black population percentage of any state in the country. Yet. Black Mississippians continue to be significantly under-represented in the state legislature, as Mississippi’s latest districting maps fail to reflect the reality of the state’s changing demographics. During the 2022 redistricting process, the Mississippi legislature refused to create any new districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred representative. The current district lines therefore dilute the voting power of Black Mississippians and continue to deprive them of political representation that is responsive to their needs and concerns, including severe disparities in education and healthcare.
State Board Of Election Commissioners V. Mississippi State Conference Of The Naacp. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Louisiana

Gerrymandering

Louisiana v. Callais (Callais v. Landry)

Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
Louisiana V. Callais (callais V. Landry). Explore Case.
Missouri
Sep 2025
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Gerrymandering

Wise v. Missouri

In unprecedented fashion, the State of Missouri has redrawn the district lines used for electing members of Congress for a second time this decade. These new district lines are gerrymandered and will harm political representation for all Missourians, particularly Black residents in Kansas City, who have been divided along racial lines.
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32 Gerrymandering Cases

OH
Court Case
May 2019

Gerrymandering

Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Smith

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Ohio U.S. congressional map as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. The lawsuit seeks to replace the map with one that accurately reflects the will of voters and complies with the Constitution.
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Court Case
May 2019
OH

Gerrymandering

Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Smith

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Ohio U.S. congressional map as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. The lawsuit seeks to replace the map with one that accurately reflects the will of voters and complies with the Constitution.
Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute V. Smith. Explore Case.
The back of a demonstrator holding a sign that says "Give Us Fair Districts."
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2018

Gerrymandering

Benisek v. Lamone

Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
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Benisek V. Lamone. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2018
The back of a demonstrator holding a sign that says "Give Us Fair Districts."

Gerrymandering

Benisek v. Lamone

Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
Benisek V. Lamone. Explore Case.
Gill v. Whitford
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017

Gerrymandering

Gill v. Whitford

Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
Gill v. Whitford

Gerrymandering

Gill v. Whitford

Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
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Davidson v. City of Cranston
Rhode Island
Sep 2016

Gerrymandering

Davidson v. City of Cranston

Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
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Rhode Island
Sep 2016
Davidson v. City of Cranston

Gerrymandering

Davidson v. City of Cranston

Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
Davidson V. City Of Cranston. Explore Case.
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015

Gerrymandering

Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.

Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.

Gerrymandering

Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.

Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
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