Harper v. Hall

Summary

The court affirmed rejection of the Remedial Congressional Plan and approval of the Remedial House Plan, but reversed approval of the Remedial Senate Plan. It reaffirmed that constitutional compliance depends on the fundamental right to vote on equal terms, not on any single statistical metric, and remanded for creation of a Modified Remedial Senate Plan. The court also upheld the denial of the motion to disqualify the Special Masters’ advisors and rejected the equal-protection challenge based on alleged racial vote dilution.