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Legal Citation: 517 U.S. 899 (1996)

Petitioner
Ruth O. Shaw, et al.; James Arthur Pope, et al.

Respondent
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That the state of North Carolina created an unconstitutional racially gerrymandered district, which may violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robinson O. Everett (Shaw), Thomas A. Farr (Pope)

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Edwin M. Speas, Jr.

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

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

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 June 1996