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Legal Citation: 521 U.S. 74 (1997)

Appellant
Lucious Abrams

Appellee
Davida Johnson

Appellant's Claim
That the plan adopted by the district court redrawing Georgia's legislative districts violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the principle of one-person, one-vote.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Seth P. Waxman and Laughlin McDonald

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Michael J. Bowers and A. Lee Parks

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
19 June 1997

Decision
That the redistricting plan adopted by the district court did not violate the Voting Rights Act...