Benisek v. Lamone
Benisek v. Lamone, 585 U.S. ____ (2018), and Lamone v. Benisek, 588 U.S. ____ (2019), were a pair of decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States in a case dealing with the topic of partisan gerrymandering arising from the 2011 Democratic party-favored redistricting of Maryland. At the center of the cases was Maryland's 6th district which historically favored Republicans and which was redrawn in 2011 to shift the political majority to become Democratic via vote dilution. Affected voters filed suit, stating that the redistricting violated their right of representation under Article One, Section Two of the U.S. Constitution and freedom of association of the First Amendment.
| Benisek v. Lamone | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued March 28, 2018 Decided June 18, 2018 | |
| Full case name | O. John Benisek, et al. v. Linda H. Lamone, Administrator, Maryland State Board of Elections, et al. |
| Docket no. | 17-333 |
| Citations | 585 U.S. ____ (more) 138 S. Ct. 1942; 201 L. Ed. 2d 398 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Motion to dismiss granted, Benisek v. Mack, 11 F. Supp. 3d 516 (D. Md. 2014); affirmed, 584 F. App'x 140 (4th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 2805 (2015); remanded to 3-judge panel, Shapiro v. McManus, No. 14-990, 577 U.S. ___ (2015); on remand, Benisek v. Lamone, 241 F. Supp. 3d 566 (D. Md. 2017); injunction denied, 266 F. Supp. 3d 799 (D. Md. 2017). |
| Holding | |
| The District Court's denial of injunctive relief against the use of Maryland's 2011 redistricting maps was not an abuse of discretion. | |
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| Per curiam | |
| Lamone v. Benisek | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued March 26, 2019 Decided June 27, 2019 | |
| Full case name | Linda H. Lamone, Administrator, Maryland State Board of Elections, et al. v. O. John Benisek, et al. |
| Docket no. | 18-726 |
| Citations | 588 U.S. ____ (more) |
| Holding | |
| Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
| Dissent | Kagan, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor |
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