13 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 253,484 times 279 Legal Analyses
Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 267,331 times 365 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Conley v. Gibson
355 U.S. 41 (1957) Cited 58,536 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"
Allen v. Wright
468 U.S. 737 (1984) Cited 4,765 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
Baker v. Carr
369 U.S. 186 (1962) Cited 5,233 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"
United States v. Hays
515 U.S. 737 (1995) Cited 965 times
Holding that while a plaintiff residing in a racially gerrymandered district had standing to challenge the redistricting, a plaintiff not residing in such a district lacked standing to challenge the redistricting
Shaw v. Reno
509 U.S. 630 (1993) Cited 564 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the state's reapportionment plan might violate the Equal Protection Clause
Miller v. Johnson
515 U.S. 900 (1995) Cited 485 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that racial considerations are subject to strict scrutiny when they subordinate "traditional race-neutral districting principles"
Voinovich v. Quilter
507 U.S. 146 (1993) Cited 292 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the Gingles preconditions apply in challenges to singlemember as well as multimember districts"
Fairley v. Patterson
493 F.2d 598 (5th Cir. 1974) Cited 146 times
Holding that “injury results only to those persons domiciled in the under-represented voting districts.”

Georgia State Conference of The Naacp et al v. Gwinnett County, Georgia et al

13 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"

Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"

Holding that while a plaintiff residing in a racially gerrymandered district had standing to challenge the redistricting, a plaintiff not residing in such a district lacked standing to challenge the redistricting

Holding that the state's reapportionment plan might violate the Equal Protection Clause

Holding that racial considerations are subject to strict scrutiny when they subordinate "traditional race-neutral districting principles"

Holding that "the Gingles preconditions apply in challenges to singlemember as well as multimember districts"

Holding that “injury results only to those persons domiciled in the under-represented voting districts.”