# Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board

> Supreme Court of the United States · January 24, 2000 · 528 U.S. 320

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9433900

## Case

- **Full name:** Reno, Attorney General v. Bossier Parish School Board
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** January 24, 2000
- **Citations:** 528 U.S. 320; 120 S. Ct. 866; 145 L. Ed. 2d 845; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 993
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Thomas
- **Judges:** Scalia, Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Souter, Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
- **Cited by:** 116 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Questioned by Moore v. Detroit School Reform Board, 293 F.3d 352 (2002).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9433900

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that even though the challenged apportionment plan would almost certainly be superseded by a new plan before the next election, the case nonetheless presented a live Article III case or controversy because the challenged plan "will serve as the baseline against which […
- holding that a claim for declaratory relief regarding electoral redistricting was not moot, despite the election having come and gone, because the existing plan would have probable continuing effect as a baseline for future redistricting plans
- explaining that “our holding today does not extend to violations consisting of an outright ‘denial’ of an individual’s right to vote, as opposed to an ‘abridgment’ as in dilution cases”
- stating that the VRA “bars certain types of voting tests and devices altogether”
- holding that Section 5 "does not prohibit preclearance of a redistricting plan with a discriminatory but nonretrogressive purpose"

## Opinion text

Justice Thomas,
concurring.
The Bossier Parish School Board first sought preelearance of the redistricting plan at issue in this litigation almost seven years ago. The Justice Department and private appellants opposed that effort, arguing throughout this litigation that a "safe” majority-minority district is necessary to ensure the election of a black school board member. Ironically, while this litigation was pending, three blacks were elected from majority-white districts to serve on the Bossier Parish School Board. Although these election results are not part of the record, they vividly illustrate the fact that the federal intervention that spawned this litigation was unnecessary.

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