So reports Lyle Denniston here. The Court did so even in the face of a circuit split on the issue. As I noted here, “The liberals on the Court could vote against cert. in this case, out of fear of creating a national precedent that would narrow the reach of section 2. A cert. denial at least keeps the Ninth Circuit’s case alive for now.”
UPDATE: Here is a Reuter’s story. And there was no ruling again today in the Texas redistricting cases.