LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS v. PERRY

No. 05-204.

548 U.S. 399 (2006)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS et al. v. PERRY, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Smith argued the cause for appellants in No. 05-276. With him on the briefs for appellants were Sam Hirsch and J. Gerald Hebert.

Nina Perales argued the cause for appellants in No. 05-439. With her on the briefs was David Herrera Urias.

R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for the state appellees in all cases. With him on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, Edward D. Burbach, Deputy Attorney General, and Don Cruse, Joel L. Thollander, and Adam W. Aston, Assistant Solicitors General.

Deputy Solicitor General Garre argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance in support of the state appellees. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Kim, James A. Feldman, David K. Flynn, and Lisa J. Stark.

Rolando L. Rios, George Korbel, Jose Garza, and Judith A. Sanders-Castro filed briefs for the League of United Latin American Citizens et al., appellants in No. 05-204. Renea Hicks filed briefs for Travis County, Texas, et al., appellants in No. 05-254.

Michael A. Carvin and Louis K. Fisher filed a brief in all cases for appellees Tina Benkiser et al. Robert M. Long filed a brief in all cases for appellee Charles Soechting, in support of appellants. John S. Ament III and Richard Gladden filed briefs for Frenchie Henderson, appellee in support of appellant Travis County, Texas, et al. in No. 05-254. Gary L. Bledsoe, David T. Goldberg, Sean H. Donahue, and Dennis Courtland Hayes filed briefs for the Texas State-Area Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in support of appellants in No. 05-276.


JUSTICE KENNEDY announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts II-A and III, an opinion with respect to Parts I and IV, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and JUSTICE ALITO join, an opinion with respect to Parts II-B and II-C, and an opinion with respect to Part II-D, in which JUSTICE SOUTER and JUSTICE GINSBURG join.

These four consolidated cases are appeals from a judgment entered...

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