Kathryn H. Hall Danny E. Stroud Dick R. Murphy, Ph.d. Mark D. Hillman Mark Baisley Shirley J. Seitz and Wayne W…

Summary

The court affirmed the trial court's adoption of the Moreno/South congressional redistricting map after the General Assembly failed to enact a plan following the 2010 census. It held that the trial court reasonably balanced the statutory non-constitutional factors, including political subdivisions, communities of interest, compactness, minimal disruption, and competitiveness, while satisfying uncontested constitutional requirements. Justice COATS, concurring in the judgment, would affirm only for the 2012 election and would not foreclose later legislative redistricting; Justice EID, dissenting, would reverse because the plan gave insufficient weight to minimizing disruption of existing district lines.