On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court, in "League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry" ruled that the 23rd district violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The case turned on the fact that the 23rd district was a protected majority-Hispanic district. If the 23rd were redrawn to put Hispanics in a minority, a new majority-Hispanic district had to be created. Although Hispanics made up 55 percent of the old 23rd's population, they comprised only 46 percent of the new 23rd's voting-age U.S. citizen population. Therefore, the Court said, the new 23rd was not a true majority-minority district. The Court found that the new Austin-to-McAllen 25th district was not compact enough to be an acceptable replacement. The Court ruled that the legislature had violated the rights of Hispanic voters.