original_query: What was the ruling of the US Supreme Court in the case of Hunt v. Cromartie in 1999?
query: What was the ruling of the US Supreme Court in the case of Hunt v. Cromartie in 1999?
answer: The Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina's 12th electoral district was unconstitutionally drawn because it was created to concentrate African Americans in one district, thus constituting illegal racial gerrymandering.  The Court ordered the state to redraw the district's boundaries.