| No. 15-680 | |
| Title: | Golden Bethune-Hill, et al., Appellants v. Virginia State Board of Elections, et al. |
| Docketed: | November 23, 2015 |
| Linked with 16A887 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
| Case Numbers: | (3:14-cv-852) |
| Decision Date: | October 22, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 20 2015 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due December 23, 2015) |
| Dec 04 2015 | Waiver of right of appellees Virginia State Board of Elections, et al. to respond filed. |
| Dec 22 2015 | Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Virginia House of Delegates, and Speaker William J. Howell. |
| Dec 30 2015 | Reply of appellants Golden Bethune-Hill, et al., Appellants filed. |
| Jan 06 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 22, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Virginia. |
| Jan 13 2016 | Record Requested. |
| Jan 21 2016 | Record received from the USDC-Eastern District of Virginia (3 boxes). The remainder of the record is electronic and available on PACER. |
| Jan 27 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016. |
| Feb 22 2016 | Supplemental brief of appellants Golden Bethune-Hill, et al., Appellants filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2016 | Supplemental brief of appellees Virginia House of Delegates, and Speaker William J. Howell filed. (Distributed) |
| May 23 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016. |
| May 31 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 2, 2016. |
| Jun 06 2016 | PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. |
| Jun 23 2016 | Record from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia has been returned. |
| Jun 30 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 7, 2016. |
| Jun 30 2016 | The time to file appellees' and intervenor-appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 7, 2016. |
| Sep 07 2016 | Joint appendix filed. (6 Volumes) |
| Sep 07 2016 | Brief of appellants Golden Bethune-Hill, et al. filed. |
| Sep 09 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support, of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for Appellants. |
| Sep 13 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of OneVirginia2021: Virginians for Fair Redistricting filed. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur in part and affirmance in part filed. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for Appellees. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP and Virginia NAACP filed. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center, et al. filed. |
| Sep 14 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in support of neither party filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Extension of time within which to file appellees' and intervenor-appellees' brief on the merits to and including October 17, 2016. |
| Oct 12 2016 | Letter from counsel for Defendants-Appellees, Virginia State Board of Elections, et al., notifying the Clerk they will not file a separate brief on the merits. |
| Oct 17 2016 | Brief of appellees Virginia House of Delegates, and Speaker William J. Howell filed. |
| Oct 20 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Center for Equal Opportunity filed. |
| Oct 21 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 5, 2016 |
| Oct 21 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Political Scientists Thomas L. Brunell, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 24 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Black Chamber of Commerce and The Hispanic Leadership Fund filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 24 2016 | Lodging proposal from amici National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Leadership Fund to lodge copies of a report (the "Lowen Report"), excerpts of which are include in the appendix to their amici brief. |
| Oct 26 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
| Nov 01 2016 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Virginia. |
| Nov 04 2016 | Letter from Appellants opposing National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Leadership Fund's proposed lodging. |
| Nov 04 2016 | Records received from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Virginia is electronic and located on PACER. Also received are 3 boxes of Trial Exhibits. |
| Nov 14 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Reply of appellants Golden Bethune-Hill, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 05 2016 | Argued. For appellants: Mark E. Elias, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Irv Gornstein, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. |
| Mar 01 2017 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. |
| Mar 10 2017 | Application (16A887) to issue the judgment forthwith, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Mar 14 2017 | Response Requested by Justice Kennedy due no later than Thursday, March 16, 2017. |
| Mar 16 2017 | Response to application from respondent Virginia House of Delegates and Speaker William J. Howell filed. |
| Mar 20 2017 | Application (16A887) denied by Justice Kennedy. |
| Mar 27 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Marc E. Elias Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie LLP 700 Thirteenth Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005-3960 melias@perkinscoie.com | (202) 654-6200 |
| Party name: Golden Bethune-Hill, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Virginia House of Delegates and Speaker William J. Howell | ||
| Stuart A. Raphael Counsel of Record | Solicitor General of Virginia Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23219 sraphael@oag.state.va.us | (804) 786-7240 |
| Party name: Virginia State Board of Elections, Virginia Department of Elections, and James B. Alcorn, Edgardo Cortes, Clara Belle Wheeler, and Singleton B. McAllister, in their official capacities | ||
| Efrem M. Braden | Baker & Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com | (202) 861-1504 |
| Party name: Virginia House of Delegates, and Speaker William J. Howell | ||
| Other | ||
| Jessica Ring Amunson | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 jamunson@jenner.com | (202) 639-6000 |
| Party name: Campaign Legal Center, et al. | ||
| Michael B. de Leeuw | 45 Broadway, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10006 mdeleeuw@cozen.com | (212) 908-1331 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in support of neither party | ||
| Anita S. Earls | Southern Coalition for Social Justice 1415 W. NC Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, NC 27707 anita@scsj.org | (919) 794-4198 |
| Party name: NAACP and Virginia NAACP | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Irv Gornstein | Counselor to the Solicitor General Department of Justice Washington, DC null | (202) 514-2201 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | (202) 296-6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Marguerite Mary Leoni | Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP 2350 Kerner Blvd. Ste.250 San Rafael, CA 94901 mleoni@nmgovlaw.com | (415) 389-6800 |
| Party name: Political Scientists Thomas L. Brunell, et al. | ||
| Gregory E. Lucyk | 300 Seneca Road Richmond, VA 23226 gglucy@comcast.net | (804) 920-7031 |
| Party name: OneVirginia2021: Virginians for Fair Redistricting | ||
| John J. Park Jr. | Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP 1170 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30309 jjp@sbllaw.net | (678) 347-2208 |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Center for Equal Opportunity | ||
| Jason Brett Torchinsky | Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky, PLLC 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jtorchinsky@hvjt.law | (540)-341-8808 |
| Party name: National Black Chamber of Commerce and The Hispanic Leadership Fund | ||