Docket for 14-940
| No. 14-940 | |
| Title: |
| Sue Evenwel, et al., Appellants |
| v. |
| Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
|
| Docketed: | February 4, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 2 2015 |
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 6, 2015) |
| Feb 2 2015 |
Supplemental Appendix of Sue Evenwel, et al., Appellants filed. |
| Feb 17 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for Sue Evenwel, and Edward Pfenninger. |
| Feb 20 2015 |
Order extending time to file response to jurisdictional statement to and including April 6, 2015. |
| Feb 27 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents |
| Mar 2 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Mar 5 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
| Mar 6 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Tennessee State Legislators and The Judicial Education Project filed. |
| Mar 6 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. |
| Mar 6 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
| Mar 6 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Apr 6 2015 |
Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
| Apr 20 2015 |
Reply of appellants Sue Evenwel, et al., Appellants filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 21 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 14, 2015. |
| May 18 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015. |
| May 26 2015 |
PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. |
| Jun 5 2015 |
The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2015. |
| Jun 5 2015 |
The time to file appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 18, 2015. |
| Jun 9 2015 |
Consent to the fiing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the appellees. |
| Jun 10 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from appellants Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger. |
| Jun 29 2015 |
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by appellants Sue Evenwel, et al. |
| Jul 31 2015 |
Brief of appellants Sue Evenwel, et al. filed. |
| Aug 5 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Project 21 filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Tennessee State Legislators and The Judicial Education Project filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Reason Foundation filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Demographers Peter A. Morrison, et al. filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Aug 7 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Yakima, Washington filed. |
| Sep 14 2015 |
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Sep 18 2015 |
Brief of appellees Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Sep 24 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed. |
| Sep 24 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. |
| Sep 24 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Democratic National Committee filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Former Directors of the U.S. Census Bureau filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Texas Senators filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Carl E. Heastie in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the New York State Assembly filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of The City of New York filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Hispanic National Bar Association, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Children's Defense Fund, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Hawaii Reapportionment Case Plaintiffs (David P. Brostrom, Andrew Walden) filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of City of Los Angeles, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Harris County, Texas filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Nathaniel Persily, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 25 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, et al. filed. |
| Oct 9 2015 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Reply of appellants Sue Evenwel, et al. filed. |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Texas. |
| Oct 23 2015 |
Record received from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Texas is electronic. |
| Oct 27 2015 |
CIRCULATED |
| Dec 8 2015 |
Argued. For appellants: William S. Consovoy, Arlington, Va. For appellees: Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Ian H. Gershengorn, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Apr 4 2016 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined except as to Part III-B. |
| May 6 2016 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Appellants: | | |
| William S. Consovoy |
Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC | (703) 243-9423 |
| Counsel of Record | 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700 | |
| Arlington, VA 22201 | |
| will@consovoymccarthy.com |
| Party name: Sue Evenwel, et al. |
| Attorneys for Appellees: | | |
| Scott A. Keller |
Solicitor General of the State of Texas | (512) 936-1700 |
| Counsel of Record |
Office of the Attorney General of Texas | |
| P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) | |
| Austin, TX 78711-2548 | |
| scott.keller@texasattorneygeneral.gov |
| Party name: Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
| | | |
| Other: | | |
| Jessica Ring Amunson |
Jenner & Block LLP | (202) 639-6000 |
| 1099 New York Ave., NW, Suite 900 | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| jamunson@jenner.com |
| Party name: Former Directors of the U.S. Census Bureau |
| | | |
| Robert F. Bauer |
Perkins Coie LLP | (202) 654-6200 |
| 700 13th St., N.W., Suite 600 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| RBauer@perkinscoie.com |
| Party name: Democratic National Committee |
| | | |
| Bradley A. Benbrook |
Benbrook Law Group, PC | (916) 447-4900 |
| 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1610 | |
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | |
| brad@benbrooklawgroup.com |
| Party name: Demographers Peter A. Morrison, et al. |
| | | |
| Emmet J. Bondurant |
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP | (404) 881-4100 |
| 3900 One Atlantic Center | |
| 1201 W. Peachtree Street | |
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | |
| bondurant@bmelaw.com |
| Party name: Common Cause |
| | | |
| G. Eric Brunstad Jr. |
Dechert LLP | (860) 524-3999 |
| 90 State House Square | |
| Hartford, CT 06103 | |
| eric.brunstad@dechert.com |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law |
| | | |
| David R. Carpenter |
Sidley Austin, LLP | (213) 896-6679 |
| 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90013 | |
| drcarpenter@sidley.com |
| Party name: Children's Defense Fund, et al. |
| | | |
| Zachary W. Carter |
Corporation Counsel of the City of New York | (212) 356-2500 |
| 100 Church Street | |
| New York, NY 10007 | |
| rdearing@law.nyc.gov |
| Party name: The City of New York |
| | | |
| C. Daniel Chill |
Graubard Miller | (212) 818-8800 |
| 405 Lexington Ave., 11th Fl. | |
| New York, NY 10174 | |
| dchill@graubard.com |
| Party name: Carl E. Heastie in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the New York State Assembly |
| | | |
| Walter Dellinger |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP | (202) 383-5319 |
| 1625 Eye Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| wdellinger@omm.com |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. |
| | | |
| Gregory L. Diskant |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | (212) 336-2000 |
| 1133 Avenue of the Americas | |
| New York, NY 10036 | |
| gldiskant@pbwt.com |
| Party name: City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| | | |
| Chad W. Dunn |
Brazil & Dunn LLP | (281) 580-6310 |
| 4201 Cypress Creek Pkwy., Suite 530 | |
| Houston, TX 77068 | |
| chad@brazilanddunn.com |
| Party name: Texas Senators |
| | | |
| John C. Eastman |
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (877) 855-3330 |
| c/o Chapman University School of Law | |
| One University Drive | |
| Orange, CA 92866 | |
| jeastman@chapman.edu |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence |
| | | |
| Peter J. Ferrara |
20594 Woodmere Court | (703)-582-8466 |
| Sterling, VA 20165 | |
| peterferrara@msn.com |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union |
| | | |
| Francis S. Floyd |
Floyd Plueger & Ringer PS | (206)-441-4455 |
| 200 W. Thomas Street Suite 500 | |
| Seattle, WA 98119 | |
| ffloyd@floyd-ringer.com |
| Party name: Yakima, Washington |
| | | |
| Ian Heath Gershengorn |
Deputy Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| SupremeCtBriefs@usdoj.gov |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| Shannon Lee Goessling |
Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. | (770) 977-2131 |
| 2255 Sewell Mill Rd., Suite 320 | |
| Marietta, GA 30062 | |
| shannon@southeasternlegal.org |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation |
| | | |
| C. Robert Heath |
Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP | (512) 472-8021 |
| 3711 S. MoPac Expressway | |
| Building One; Suite 300 | |
| Austin, TX 78746 | |
| bheath@bickerstaff.com |
| Party name: Harris County, Texas |
| | | |
| Matthew Michael Hoffman |
Goodwin Procter LLP | (202)-346-4000 |
| 901 New York Avenue N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| mhoffman@goodwinprocter.com |
| Party name: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, et al. |
| | | |
| Lawrence J. Joseph |
1250 Connecticut Ave., NW | (202) 355-9452 |
| Suite 200 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| lj@larryjoseph.com |
| Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. |
| | | |
| Peter Karanjia |
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | (202) 973-4200 |
| 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| peterkaranjia@dwt.com |
| Party name: Hispanic National Bar Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Steven J. Lechner |
Mountain States Legal Foundation | (303) 292-2021 |
| 2596 South Lewis Way | |
| Lakewood, CO 80227 | |
| lechner@mountainstateslegal.com |
| Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation |
| | | |
| John J. Park Jr. |
Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP | (678) 347-2208 |
| 1170 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2200 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | |
| jjp@sbllaw.net |
| Party name: Tennessee State Legislators and The Judicial Education Project |
| | | |
| Nina Perales |
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | (210) 224-5476 |
| 110 Broadway, Suite 300 | |
| San Antonio, TX 78205 | |
| nperales@maldef.org |
| Party name: Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus, et al. |
| | | |
| Nathaniel Persily |
Stanford Law School | (917) 570-3223 |
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | |
| Stanford, CA 94305 | |
| npersily@law.stanford.edu |
| Party name: Nathaniel Persily, et al. |
| | | |
| Kaylan Lytle Phillips |
Public Interest Legal Foudation | 317-203-5599 |
| 209 West Main Street | |
| Plainfield, IN 46168 | |
| kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union |
| | | |
| Robert D. Popper |
Judicial Watch, Inc. | (202) 646-5172 |
| 425 Third Street, SW | |
| Washington, DC 20024 | |
| rpopper@judicialwatch.org |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| David B. Rivkin Jr. |
Baker & Hostetler LLP | (202) 861-1731 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| drivkin@bakerlaw.com |
| Party name: Project 21 |
| | | |
| Sidney S. Rosdeitcher |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | (212) 373-3000 |
| 1285 Avenue of the Americas | |
| New York, NY 10019-6064 | |
| srosdeitcher@paulweiss.com |
| Party name: The Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law |
| | | |
| Ilya Shapiro |
Cato Institute | (202) 842-0200 |
| 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| ishapiro@cato.org |
| Party name: Cato Institute and Reason Foundation |
| | | |
| Robert H. Thomas |
Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert | (808) 531-8031 |
| 1003 Bishop Street, 1600 Pauahi Tower | |
| Honolulu, HI 96813 | |
| rht@hawaiilawyer.com |
| Party name: Hawaii Reapportionment Case Plaintiffs (David P. Brostrom, Andrew Walden) |
| | | |
| Barbara D. Underwood |
Solicitor General | (212) 416-8020 |
|
Office of the Attorney General | |
| 120 Broadway, 25th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10271-0332 | |
| barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov |
| Party name: New York, et al. |
| | | |
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. |
Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov |
| Party name: the United States |
| | | |
| Dale L. Wilcox |
Immigration Reform Law Institute | (202) 232-5590 |
| 25 Massachsetts Ave., NW, Suite 335 | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| litigation@irli.com |
| Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute |
| | | |
| Brenda Wright |
DEMOS | (617) 232-5885 |
| 358 Chestnut Hill Avenue, Suite 303 | |
| Brighton, MA 02135 | |
| bwright@demos.org |
| Party name: Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), et al. |
| | | |
| Elizabeth B. Wydra |
Constitutional Accountability Center | (202) 296-6889 |
| 1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| elizabeth@theusconstitution.org |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center |
| | | |
| Sean J. Young |
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | (212) 549-2500 |
| 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10004 | |
| syoung@aclu.org |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas |