517 U.S. 952 (1996) Cited 310 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that race predominated when a legislature deliberately "spread the Black population" among several districts in an effort to "protect Democratic incumbents"
Holding a private political society was sufficiently involved in the local electoral process to warrant oversight by the judiciary lest the society deprive other voters of their constitutional rights
Holding that resolution restricting ability to vote in Democratic Party primaries to "all white citizens of the State of Texas who are qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State" violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
Holding that interest of police officers in having equal access to a promotion system was sufficient to justify intervention as of right by officers' associations and unions to contest entry of a consent decree in an employment discrimination case against the City of Houston requiring a series of remedial promotions for members of certain minority groups
Holding that timber industry representatives were not adequately represented by the government because "[t]he government must represent the broad public interest, not just the economic concerns of the timber industry"
Holding that, although post-judgment motions to intervene are normally viewed with a "jaundiced eye," the timing of post-judgment motion to intervene for the limited purpose of staking a claim to the proceeds of suit could not prejudice existing parties