Case Summary

On June 13, 2018, a group of Alabama voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s 2011 congressional redistricting plan as diluting African-American voters’ voting strength in violation of § 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act (“VRA”). They sought a declaratory judgment the map violated § 2, an injunction barring the map from use in future elections, and for the court to require a new map be enacted containing two majority-minority districts.

  • In March 2019, the federal district court denied injunctive relief for the 2020 election as barred by laches.
  • The district court held trial from November 4 to November 8, 2019.
  • On March 17, 2020, the district court dismissed the case as moot in light of the impending release of 2020 Census results.

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama - 2:18-cv-00907