ECHEVERRIA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• City of Mobile v. Bolden, 446 U.S. 55 (U.S. 1980)
  …ave long been persuaded that it must apply equally to all forms of political gerrymandering — not just to racial gerrymandering. See Cousins v. City Council [*87] of Chicago, 466 F. 2d 830, 848-852 (CA7 1972) (Stevens, J., dissenting), cert. denied, 409 U. S. 893.7 This conclusion follows, I believe, from the very nature of a gerrymander. By definition, gerrymandering involves drawing district boundaries (or using multimember districts or at-large elections) in order to maximize the voting strength of those…

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• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (U.S. 1989)
  …e, 458 U. S. 613, 631-653 (1982) (Stevens, J., dissenting); Mobile v. Bolden, 446 U. S. 55, 83-94 (1980) (Stevens, J., concurring in judgment); Cousins v. City Council of Chicago, 466 F. 2d 830, 848-853 (CA7) (Stevens, J., dissenting), cert. denied, 409 U. S. 893 (1972). A southern State with a long history of discrimination against Republicans in the awarding of public contracts could not rely on such past discrimination as a basis for granting a legislative preference to Republican contractors in the fut…
• Rogers v. Lodge, 458 U.S. 613 (U.S. 1982)
  …political action that the need arises. Thus the characteristic of the group which creates the need for protection is its political character.” Cousins v. City Council of Chicago, 466 F. 2d 830, 852 (CA7 1972) (Stevens, J., dissenting), cert. denied, 409 U. S. 893. It would be unrealistic to distinguish racial groups from other political groups on the ground that race is an irrelevant factor in the political process. Racial consciousness and racial association are not desirable features of our political syst…

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