Home > Great American Court Cases > United Jewish Organizations v. Carey

Legal Citation: 430 U.S. 144 (1977)

Petitioner
United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc.

Respondents
Carey, Governor of New York, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
The redistricting plan of 1974 for portions of Kings County, New York, would negate the effectiveness of the Hasidic Jew vote. The petitioner claimed that the sole purpose of the redistricting was to achieve a racial quota, and the community was assigned to voting districts solely by racial standards. They claimed this violated their rights under both the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fifteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Nathan Lewin

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
George D. Zuckerman, Assistant Attorney General of New York

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H....