566 U.S. 30 (2012) Cited 1,263 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that there was an insufficient nexus "between self-care leave and gender discrimination by state employers" to validly abrogate state sovereign immunity
557 U.S. 193 (2009) Cited 194 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district at issue was eligible to seek bailout under the Voting Rights Act and therefore "not reach[ing] the constitutionality of § 5"
Holding that likely discrimination against Puerto Ricans in areas other than voting supported statute abolishing literacy test as qualification for voting
Holding that, in cases brought under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Arlington Heights framework should guide a court's inquiry into whether a jurisdiction had a discriminatory purpose in enacting a voting change