Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which a unanimous Court found that "the legacy of official discrimination ... acted in concert with the multimember districting scheme to impair the ability of ... cohesive groups of black voters to participate equally in the political process and to elect candidates of their choice."[1] The ruling led to more single-member districts in state legislatures.The Thornburg of the case was the North Carolina Attorney General, Lacy Thornburg. The case began under his predecessor, Rufus Edmisten, and was originally titled Gingles v. Edmisten. Attorneys for the plaintiff, Ralph Gingles, included Julius Chambers, Lani Guinier, and Leslie Winner.. }
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- Thornburg_v._Gingles abstract "Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which a unanimous Court found that "the legacy of official discrimination ... acted in concert with the multimember districting scheme to impair the ability of ... cohesive groups of black voters to participate equally in the political process and to elect candidates of their choice."[1] The ruling led to more single-member districts in state legislatures.The Thornburg of the case was the North Carolina Attorney General, Lacy Thornburg. The case began under his predecessor, Rufus Edmisten, and was originally titled Gingles v. Edmisten. Attorneys for the plaintiff, Ralph Gingles, included Julius Chambers, Lani Guinier, and Leslie Winner.".