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EASLEY v. CROMARTIE

No. 99-1864.

532 U.S. 234 (2001)

121 S.Ct. 1452

149 L.Ed.2d 430

EASLEY, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, et al. v. CROMARTIE et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Dellinger argued the cause for the state appellants. With him on the briefs were Michael F. Easley, former Attorney General of North Carolina, Tiare B. Smiley and Norma S. Harrell, Special Deputy Attorneys General, and Brian D. Boyle. Adam Stein argued the cause for appellants Smallwood et al. With him on the briefs were Todd A. Cox, Norman J. Chachkin, and Jacqueline A. Berrien.

Robinson O. Everett argued the cause for appellees in both cases. With him on the brief were Martin B. McGee and Douglas E. Markham.‡

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Thomas, J.,filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia and Kennedy, JJ., joined, p. 259.

Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we review a three-judge District Court's determination that North Carolina's Legislature used race as the "predominant factor" in drawing its 12th Congressional District's 1997 boundaries. The court's findings, in our view, are clearly erroneous. We therefore reverse its conclusion that the State violated the Equal Protection Clause. U. S. Const., Amdt. 14, § 1.

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