Allen v. Milligan

Allen v. Milligan
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 4, 2022 Decided June 8, 2023
Full case name	Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al. Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Marcus Caster, et al.
Docket nos.	21-1086 21-1087
Citations	599 U.S. 1 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Decision	Opinion
Questions presented
Whether the State of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301.
Holding
Plaintiffs demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that Alabama's redistricting plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts (except as to Part III–B–1), joined by Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Jackson
Plurality	Roberts (Part III–B–1), joined by Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson
Concurrence	Kavanaugh (all but Part III–B–1)
Dissent	Thomas, joined by Gorsuch; Alito (Parts II–A and II–B); Barrett (Parts II and III)
Dissent	Alito, joined by Gorsuch
Laws applied
Voting Rights Act of 1965

Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023),^{[note 1]} is a United States Supreme Court case related to redistricting under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The appellees and respondants argued that Alabama's congressional districts discriminated against African-American voters. The Court ruled 5–4 that Alabama’s districts likely violated the VRA, maintained an injunction that required Alabama to create an additional majority-minority district.
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