Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Elections : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Elections, Government Law |
| Title: | League of United Latin Am. Citizens v. Perry |
| Date: | 06/28/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–204 |
| Summary: | In the context of challenges to Texas' new congressional districting map, Texas' redrawing of a district's lines amounted to vote dilution violative of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Government Law |
| Title: | Randall v. Sorrell |
| Date: | 06/26/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1528, 04–1530, 04–1697 |
| Summary: | A decision by a court of appeals holding that a Vermont campaign finance statute's contribution limits were constitutional and that its expenditure limits may be constitutional is reversed and the matter remanded for further proceedings. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Lance v. Dennis |
| Date: | 02/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–555 |
| Summary: | Dismissal of citizen plaintiffs' suit involving Colorado's congressional redistricting pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is vacated where plaintiffs were not parties to the underlying state-court proceedings, and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine did not bar plaintiffs' action simply because, for purposes of preclusion law, they could be considered in privity with a party to the judgment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n |
| Date: | 01/23/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1581 |
| Summary: | Dismissal of a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief involving the consitutionality of certain restrictions placed on plaintiff's advertising by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is vacated for reconsideration of plaintiff's "as-applied" challenge in the first instance. |