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RENO v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 98-405.

528 U.S. 320 (2000)

RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 6, 1999.

Decided January 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Q. Wolfson reargued the cause for appellant in No. 98-405. On the briefs on reargument was Solicitor General Waxman. With Mr. Wolfson on the briefs on the original argument were Mr. Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Mark L. Gross, and Louis E. Peraertz.

Patricia A. Brannan reargued the cause for appellants in No. 98-406. With her on the briefs were John W. Borkowski, Barbara R. Arnwine, Thomas J. Henderson, and Edward Still.

Michael A. Carvin reargued the cause for appellee in both cases. With him on the brief were David H. Thompson, Craig S. Lerner, and Michael E. Rosman.

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, Part II of which was unanimous, and Parts I, III, and IV of which were joined by Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 341. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined, p. 341. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined, p. 373. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 374.

Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases present the question whether § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c, prohibits preclearance of a redistricting plan enacted with a discriminatory but nonretrogressive purpose.

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This is the second time the present cases are before us, and we thus recite the facts and procedural history only...

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