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Legislative Process Keyed to Mikva, 5th Ed.
Chisom v. Roemer
Citation:
501 U.S. 380, 111 S.Ct. 2354, 115 L.Ed.2d 348 (1991)Facts
The Louisiana Supreme Court consists of seven justices, five elected from single-member districts and two from one multimember district. The First Supreme Court District, the multimember district in question, includes Orleans Parish and three other parishes. Orleans Parish contains about half of the district’s population and registered voters, with more than half of its registered voters being black. In contrast, more than three-fourths of the registered voters in the other three parishes are white. The plaintiffs alleged that this electoral system diluted minority voting strength, making it difficult for black voters to elect justices of their choice. They sought a remedy that would divide the First District into two districts, one for Orleans Parish and one for the other three parishes, which would create a majority-black district. No black person had ever been elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court from any district at the time of the litigation.
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