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Race in voting maps

Trevino v. Hobbs

Updated Oct 5, 2026

In brief

The Supreme Court wiped out the Ninth Circuit’s judgment and sent the case back for another look, but did not decide the underlying questions.

Where it stands
Case remanded

Remanded · October 5, 2026

What it’s about
The case concerns a Voting Rights Act challenge to Washington’s legislative district 15 and José A. Trevino and other intervenors’ objections to a court-ordered replacement map.
Who it affects
The order leaves open whether Trevino and the other intervenors had the legal right to appeal and whether the replacement map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Summary: written with AI from the case record.

Illustration for Jose A. Trevino v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of Washington
Conceptual illustration · AI-generated

What it's about

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, wiped out the Ninth Circuit’s judgment (vacated it), and sent the case back to the Ninth Circuit for another look (remanded it) in light of Louisiana v. Callais, without deciding the underlying questions.

The case grew from a Voting Rights Act challenge to Washington’s legislative District 15 and objections to a court-ordered replacement map.

Question presented

1. Whether an individual voter who was granted only permissive intervention below, has no role in implementing state elections, and has not established harm, traceability, or redressability to the lower court’s liability decision or remedial decision on the basis of vote dilution, lacks standing to appeal. 2. Whether a candidate who does not reside in or represent the district at issue, was granted only permissive intervention below, has no role in implementing state elections and does not challenge the counting of votes in his election, who was only helped and not harmed in any way by his new district, and who cannot establish traceability or redressability to the lower court’s liability or remedial decisions, has standing to appeal. 3. Where Intervenors forfeited their racial gerrymandering claim against the remedial map below, race was not considered at all in the drawing of the map, and the district court’s selection of the map was not driven by race such that race could not predominate, does the map trigger strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause?

What the Court decided

Holding

Petition granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U. S. 85 (2026).

Result
Remanded

What's next

The Ninth Circuit will reconsider the case in light of Louisiana v. Callais.

Documents

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Docket activity

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    Jan 23, 2026 · Court records

Sources

Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.

Checked Oct 5, 2026Methodology

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