| No. 17-626 Vide 17-586 | |
| Title: | Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 30, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
| Case Numbers: | (SA-11-CV-360) |
| Decision Date: | August 24, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 27 2017 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due November 29, 2017) |
| Oct 27 2017 | Appendix of Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Nov 29 2017 | Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Mexican American Legislative Caucus, et al. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2017 | Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 13 2017 | Reply of appellants Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018. |
| Jan 08 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018. |
| Jan 12 2018 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction in No. 17-586 is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Jan 12 2018 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 17-586. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 17-586. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the flings is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Feb 23 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. VIDED |
| Mar 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Apr 24 2018 | Argued. For appellants: Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, Tex. For appellee United States in support of appellants: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For appellees in 17-586: Max Renea Hicks, Austin, Tex. For appellees in 17-626: Allison J. Riggs, Durham, N. C. VIDED |
| Jun 25 2018 | Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED. (No. 17-586, Judgment REVERSED, and case REMANDED). |
| Jul 27 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Scott A. Keller Counsel of Record | Solicitor General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 scott.keller@oag.texas.gov | (512) 936-1700 |
| Party name: Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| 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: Mexican American Legislative Caucus, et al. | ||
| Nina Perales Counsel of Record | MALDEF 110 Broadway Suite 300 San Antonio, TX 78205 nperales@maldef.org | 2102245476 |
| Party name: Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force | ||
| Allison J. Riggs Counsel of Record | Southern Coalition for Social Justice 1415 West Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, NC 27707 | (919) 323-3942 |
| Party name: Shannon Perez, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record | Office of the Louisiana Attorney General P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov | 225-326-6766 |
| Party name: Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin | ||