League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
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Court | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
Full case name | League of Women Voters, et al. v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Decided | January 22, 2018 |
Case history | |
Appealed from | Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania |
Subsequent action | Opinion and Order Adopting Remedial Plan |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Thomas G. Saylor, Max Baer, Debra Todd, Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, David Wecht, Sallie Mundy |
Case opinions | |
The Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 was deemed an unconstitutional gerrymander, and the Pennsylvania congressional maps were ordered redrawn. | |
Decision by | Todd, Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht |
Concur/dissent | Baer |
Dissent | Saylor, Mundy |
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al.—abbreviated League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth—was a decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on gerrymandering, concerning the power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draw maps based on partisan advantage. The Court ruled that the maps adopted by the Republican controlled legislature in 2011 was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the Constitution of Pennsylvania.