1.   I would presume people would interpret to be contiguous with the district boundaries, where a district boundary straddles that line.

2.   Research showed that primary community loyalties operated at a level much lower than district boundaries.

3.   At stake are billions of dollars in federal aid and the membership of Congress, which rely on census data to shape aid formulas and district boundaries.

4.   After some of those earlier rulings, new district boundaries were drawn and special elections were held.

5.   For the first time, a panel of citizens instead of the Legislature drew the district boundaries.

6.   If history holds, the redrawing of Congressional and legislative district boundaries will divide allies, jam other legislation and then land in court.

7.   In a related matter, legislative leaders failed to agree on Monday on a new set of congressional district boundaries.

8.   In the Texas case, the court will decide what happens if race is one of several factors used by legislators in drawing district boundaries.

9.   It will also set off redistricting, the once-a-decade scramble in the states to redraw congressional district boundaries, next year.