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Legal Citation: 509 U.S. 630 (1993)

Appellant
Ruth O. Shaw, et al.

Appellee
Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, et al.

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

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Robinson O. Everett

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
H. Jefferson Powell

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

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 June 1993

Decision
The district court's decision was reversed and remanded.