| No. 16-1161 | |
| Title: | Beverly R. Gill, et al., Appellants v. William Whitford, et al. |
| Docketed: | March 24, 2017 |
| Linked with 16A1149 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin |
| Case Numbers: | (15-cv-421-bbc) |
| Decision Date: | November 21, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 24 2017 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due April 24, 2017) |
| Mar 24 2017 | Appendix of Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. |
| Apr 05 2017 | Order extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including May 15, 2017. |
| Apr 18 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The States of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate, et al. filed. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The Republican National Committee, et al. filed. |
| May 08 2017 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees William Whitford, et al. |
| May 18 2017 | Opposition to motion to affirm of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. |
| May 22 2017 | Application (16A1149) for a stay pending appeal, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| May 23 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 8, 2017. |
| May 24 2017 | Response to application (16A1149) requested by Justice Kagan, due Wednesday, June 7, 2017, by 11 a.m. ET. |
| May 25 2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief in support of stay filed by Wisconsin State Senate, et al. |
| Jun 07 2017 | Response to application from respondent William Whitford, et al. filed. |
| Jun 08 2017 | Reply of applicant Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. |
| Jun 09 2017 | Application (16A1149) referred to the Court. |
| Jun 12 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 15, 2017. |
| Jun 19 2017 | The application for stay presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, case No. 3:15-cv-00421, entered January 27, 2017, amended February 22, 2017, and corrected March 15, 2017, is stayed pending disposition of the appeal in this Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would deny the application for stay. |
| Jun 19 2017 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. |
| Jul 13 2017 | Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received. |
| Jul 17 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party, or neither party from counsel for the appellees received. |
| Jul 19 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. |
| Jul 28 2017 | Brief of appellant Beverly R.Gill, et al. filed. |
| Jul 28 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (2 Volumes) (Statement of costs filed) |
| Aug 01 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Western Dist. of Wisconsin. |
| Aug 03 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed. |
| Aug 03 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Aug 03 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Tennessee State Senators filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of the Legacy Foundation filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (formerly Shapiro v. McManus), supporting neither party filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee filed. |
| Aug 04 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed. |
| Aug 09 2017 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin. ( 1 Envelope ) |
| Aug 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Eric McGhee in support of neither party filed. |
| Aug 10 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 14 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Brief of appellees William Whitford, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 30 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Heather K. Gerken, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 30 2017 | Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Eric S. Lander filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.(Distributed) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Brief amici curiae of 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Political Geography Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor D. Theodore Rave filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Republican Statewide Officials Senators Bill Brock, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of League of Conservation Voters, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Media and Democracy filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Represent.Us, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Current Members of Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of League of Women Voters filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Fairvote and One Nation One Vote filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Robin Best, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 15 2017 | Reply of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 25 2017 | Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 03 2017 | Argued. For appellants: Misha Tseytlin, Solicitor General, Madison, Wis.; and Erin E. Murphy, Washington, D. C. (for Wisconsin State Senate, et al., as amici curiae.) For appellees: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 18 2018 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined except as to Part III. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. |
| Jul 20 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Wisconsin Dept. of Justice 17 W. Main Street Madison, WI 53703 tseytlinm@doj.state.wi.us | 608 267-9323 |
| Party name: Beverly R. Gill, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Paul March Smith Counsel of Record | Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org | 202-736-2200 |
| Party name: William Whitford, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| J. Christian Adams Counsel of Record | Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E. Washington Street, Suite 1675 Indianapolis, IN 46204 adams@publicinterestlegal.org | 317-203-5599 |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union, et al. | ||
| Robert A. Atkins Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 ratkins@paulweiss.com | 212-373-3000 |
| Party name: Political Science Professors | ||
| David Christopher Boyle Counsel of Record | PO Box 15143 Long Beach, CA 90815 dbo@boyleslaw.org | (734)-904-6132 |
| Party name: David Boyle | ||
| Efrem M. Braden Counsel of Record | Baker &Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com | 202 861-1504 |
| Party name: Republican State Leadership Committee | ||
| Douglas Andrew Chin Counsel of Record | University of North Carolina School of Law 160 Ridge Road, CB #3380 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380 chin@unc.edu | 919-962-4116 |
| Party name: 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 700- 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 202-879-5000 |
| Party name: Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly | ||
| Douglas R. Cox Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 dcox@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8500 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty | ||
| Paul A. Diller Counsel of Record | Willamette University College of Law 245 Winter Street, SE Salem, OR 97301 pdiller@willamette.edu | (503)-370-6595 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. | ||
| Gregory L. Diskant Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 gldiskant@pbwt.com | 212-336-2000 |
| Party name: Common Cause | ||
| Ira M. Feinberg Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 ira.feinberg@hoganlovells.com | (212)-918-3000 |
| Party name: League of Conservation Voters, et al. | ||
| Tacy Fletcher Flint Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 60603 tflint@sidley.com | 312-853-7875 |
| Party name: Political Geography Scholars | ||
| David C. Frederick Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 dfrederick@kellogghansen.com | (202)-326-7900 |
| Party name: Republican Statewide Officials Senators Bill Brock, et al. | ||
| Heather Gerken Counsel of Record | 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 heather.k.gerken@yale.edu | 203-432-1650 |
| Party name: Heather K. Gerken, et al. | ||
| Jacqueline C. Gerrald Counsel of Record | McLaughlin & Stern, LLP 260 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 jgerrald@mclaughlinstern.com | 212-448-1100 |
| Party name: Robin Best, et al. | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202-296-6889 |
| Party name: Current Members of Congress, et al. | ||
| Perry Maxwell Grossman Counsel of Record | New York Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 pgrossman@nyclu.org | 212-607-3300 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Benjamin Gutman Counsel of Record | Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street Salem, OR 97301-4096 benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us | 503-378-4402 |
| Party name: States of Oregon, et al. | ||
| Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record | Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 435 Tasso Street Suite 205 Palo Alto, CA 94301 khartnett@bsfllp.com | (650) 798-3508 |
| Party name: League of Women Voters | ||
| Thomas Josefiak Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Drive Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 tomj@hvjt.law | 540-8808 |
| Party name: The Legacy Foundation | ||
| Pamela Susan Karlan Counsel of Record | Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 karlan@stanford.edu | (650) 725-4851 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Scott A Keller Counsel of Record | Solicitor General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 skeller@yettercoleman.com | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: States of Texas, et al. | ||
| Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mkimberly@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3000 |
| Party name: Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (formerly Shapiro v. McManus), supporting neither party | ||
| David Edward Leit Counsel of Record | Lowenstein Sandler, LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, NJ 07068 dleit@lowenstein.com | 973-597-2500 |
| Party name: American Jewish Committee, et al. | ||
| Justin Michael Levitt Counsel of Record | Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 justin.levitt@lls.edu | 213-736-7417 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. | ||
| Vincent Gregory Levy Counsel of Record | Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP 750 Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor New York, NY 10019 vlevy@hsgllp.com | 646-837-5151 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators | ||
| David L. Lewis Counsel of Record | Lewis and Fiore, Esqs. 225 BroadwaySuite 3300 New York, NY 10007 dlewis@lewisandfiore.com | (212) 285-2290 |
| Party name: Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition | ||
| Eric M McLeod Counsel of Record | Husch Blackwell 33 East Main Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 1379 Madison, WI 53701 Eric.McLeod@huschblackwell.com | 608-234-6056 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce | ||
| Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com | 212-326-2000 |
| Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law | ||
| Atara Miller Counsel of Record | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP 28 Liberty Street New York, NY 10005 amiller@milbank.com | 212-530-5000 |
| Party name: Represent.US, et al. | ||
| Michael T. Morley Counsel of Record | 223 Pawnee Road Cranford, NJ 07016 michaelmorleyesq@hotmail.com | (860)-778-3883 |
| Party name: Republican National Committee | ||
| Mark W. Mosier Jr. Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com | (202)-662-6000 |
| Party name: Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse | ||
| Justin Adatto Nelson Counsel of Record | Susman Godfrey, L.L.P. 1000 Louisana, Suite 5100 Seattle, WA 77002 jnelson@susmangodfrey.com | (713-651-9366 |
| Party name: Fairvote and One Nation One Vote | ||
| Burt Neuborne Counsel of Record | 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 burt.neuborne@nyu.edu | 212-998-6172 |
| Party name: Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen | ||
| John Joseph Park Jr. Counsel of Record | Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP 1170 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30309 jjp@sbllaw.net | (678)-347-2208 |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation | ||
| Bradley S. Phillips Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP 350 South Grand Avenue 50th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 brad.phillips@mto.com | 213-683-9100 |
| Party name: Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars | ||
| Robert D. Popper Counsel of Record | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 rpopper@judicialwatch.org | 202-646-5172 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation | ||
| Donald Theodore Rave Counsel of Record | University of Houston Law Center 2402 Calhoun Rd. Room 142 BLB Houston, TX 77204 teddy.rave@gmail.com | 713-743-2499 |
| Party name: Professor D. Theodore Rave | ||
| Ezra David Rosenberg Counsel of Record | Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1401 New York Ave., N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 erosenberg@lawyerscommittee.org | (202) 662-8600 |
| Party name: Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | (212)-506-5000 |
| Party name: Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party | ||
| John L. Ryder Counsel of Record | Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC 40 South Main St., Suite 2700 Memphis, TN 38103 jryder@harrisshelton.com | 901-545-1455 |
| Party name: Tennessee State Senators | ||
| Clifford M. Sloan Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005 cliff.sloan@skadden.com | 202-371-7000 |
| Party name: Historians | ||
| Kathleen Marie Sullivan Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com | (212) 849-7000 |
| Party name: Constitutional Law Professors | ||
| Brian Adair Sutherland Counsel of Record | Reed Smith, LLP 101 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 bsutherland@reedsmith.com | 415-543-8700 |
| Party name: California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al. | ||
| Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jtorchinsky@hvjt.law | (540) 341-8808 |
| Party name: National Republican Congressional Committee | ||
| Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 | (202) 663-6000 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress | ||
| H. Reed Witherby Counsel of Record | Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo, LLP 99 Summer Street, Suite 1530 Boston, MA 02110 rwitherby@smithduggan.com | 617-228-4407 |
| Party name: Eric S. Lander | ||
| Joseph H. Yeager Counsel of Record | Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP 300 North Meridian Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 jay.yeager@faegrebd.com | 317 237 0300 |
| Party name: Center for Media and Democracy | ||
| Daniel F Kolb | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Daniel.Kolb@DavisPolk.com | 212-450-4000 |
| Party name: Eric McGhee in support of neither party | ||
| Erin E. Murphy | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 emurphy@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly | ||