| No. 21-1087 Vide 21-1086 | |
| Title: | Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Petitioners v. Marcus Caster, et al. |
| Docketed: | February 7, 2022 |
| Linked with 21A376 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-10272) |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jan 28 2022 | Application (21A376) for a stay or injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Jan 28 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due March 9, 2022) |
| PetitionAppendixAppendix | |
| Jan 28 2022 | Response to application (21A376) requested by Justice Thomas, due by noon on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. |
| Jan 31 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief and Amicus Brief of The National Republican Redistricting Trust not accepted for filing. (February 01, 2022 - Brief uploaded in wrong case) |
| Jan 31 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Louisiana, et al. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentOtherProof of Service | |
| Jan 31 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by The National Republican Redistricting Trust. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 01 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Alabama Center for Law and Liberty. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther | |
| Feb 01 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by United States Representatives from Alabama. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 02 2022 | Response to application from respondents Marcus Caster, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentMain DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 02 2022 | Reply of applicants John Merrill, et al. filed. |
| ReplyProof of ServiceReply | |
| Feb 07 2022 | Application (21A376) referred to the Court. |
| Feb 07 2022 | Application (21A376) granted by the Court. The application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (No. 21-1087). Respondents do not oppose treating the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and do not oppose granting the petition (although they do oppose granting a stay). With that fact taken into account, the petition is granted. The district court's January 24, 2022 preliminary injunction in No. 2:21-cv-1536 is stayed pending further order of the Court. Justice Kavanaugh, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). The Chief Justice dissenting from grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). Justice Kagan, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Sotomayor join, dissenting from grant of applications for stays. (Detached opinion). |
| Feb 22 2022 | This case is consolidated with No. 21-1086, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The question presented in these cases is: Whether the District Courts in these cases correctly found a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301. |
| Feb 22 2022 | 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. 21-1086. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 21-1086. 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 filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Mar 21 2022 | Upon consideration of the motion to modify or amend the question presented, the question presented in these cases is amended as follows: Whether the State of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301. VIDED. |
| Jun 14 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 4, 2022. VIDED. |
| Jun 22 2022 | Record requested from the 11th Circuit. |
| Jun 22 2022 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Jul 18 2022 | Amicus brief of District of Columbia not accepted for filing.( (In an granted consolidated case, it's only required to file in the lead case 21-1086). September 01, 2022) |
| Jul 21 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 04 2022 | Argued. For appellants/petitioners: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. For appellees: Deuel Ross, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Abha Khanna, Seattle, Wash. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting appellees/respondents: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| Jun 08 2023 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part III–B–1. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., joined that opinion in full, and Kavanaugh, J., joined except for Part III–B–1. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in all but Part III–B–1. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined, in which Barrett, J., joined as to Parts II and III, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts II–A and II–B. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. VIDED. |
| Jul 10 2023 | Judgment issued. |
| Main Document |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36130 edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov | 334-242-7300 |
| Party name: Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Abha Khanna Counsel of Record | Elias Law Group LLP 1700 Seventh Ave Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98101 akhanna@elias.law | 206-656-0177 |
| Party name: Marcus Caster, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record | Alabama Center for Law and Liberty 2213 Morris Ave. Floor 1 Birmingham, AL 35203 matt@alabamalawandliberty.org | 256-510-1828 |
| Party name: Alabama Center for Law and Liberty | ||
| Caroline Sage Van Zile Counsel of Record | Attorney General for the District of Columbia Office of the Solicitor General 400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100 Washington, DC 20001 caroline.vanzile@dc.gov | (202) 724-6609 |
| Party name: District of Columbia | ||