What is the question presented in Higginson v. Becerra?

Whether the California Voting Rights Act of 2001, Cal. Elec. Code §§ 14025-14032, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by using race as the predominant factor in mandating that local governments abandon at-large elections and move to district-based elections.

Docket 19-1199

Higginson v. Becerra

This case involved a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Kagan regarding a dispute from the Ninth Circuit, but the application was ultimately dismissed.

Status: Dismissed
Appeal from: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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