2025 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
Louisiana v. Callais
608 U.S. 85
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
- —
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- —
- Decision direction
- —
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- —
- Docket
- 24-109
- U.S. Reports
- 608 U.S. 85
- S. Ct. citation
- —
- LEXIS citation
- —
- Opinion by
- Samuel Alito
Holding
Because the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U. S. C. §10301 et seq., did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified the State’s use of race in creating SB8, and that map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Dissent |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 24-109Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.