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SHAW v. RENO

No. 92-357.

509 U.S. 630 (1993)

113 S.Ct. 2816

125 L.Ed.2d 511

SHAW et al. v. RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson O. Everett argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Jeffrey B. Parsons.

H. Jefferson Powell argued the cause for state appellees. With him on the briefs were Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina, Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Norma S. Harrell and Tiare B. Smiley, Special Deputy Attorneys General. Edwin S. Kneedler argued the cause for federal appellees. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Bryson, Acting Assistant Attorney General Turner, Thomas G. Hungar, and Jessica Dunsay Silver.*

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. White, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Blackmun and Stevens, JJ., joined, p. 658. Blackmun, J., p. 676, Stevens, J., p. 676, and Souter, J., p. 679, filed dissenting opinions.

Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves two of the most complex and sensitive issues this Court has faced in recent years: the meaning of the constitutional "right" to vote, and the propriety of racebased state legislation designed to benefit members of historically disadvantaged racial minority groups. As a result of the 1990 census, North Carolina became entitled to a 12th seat in the United States House of Representatives. The General...

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