A federal appeals court upheld Tarrant County's controversial 2025 redistricting map, dismissing claims that it discriminated against Black and Latino voters.

Tarrant County commissioners approved the redistricting proposal in early June.

The restricting maps sparked weeks of controversy and criticism from residents, local leaders, and civil rights advocates who called for the process to be halted due to a lack of transparency and potential racial gerrymandering.

This ruling by the 5th Circuit Court followed a lawsuit filed in June 2025 by plaintiffs who alleged the new map violated the Voting Rights Act and the 14th and 15th Amendments.

In the 5th Circuit's ruling, it stated that the district court found that the plaintiffs did not show that the Commissioners Court acted with race as

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