No. 21A471
Title:The Wisconsin Legislature, et al., Applicants
v.
Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al.
Docketed:March 7, 2022
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Wisconsin
   Case Numbers:(2021AP1450-OA)
   Decision Date:
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:

DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 07 2022Application (21A471) for a stay and injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service
Mar 07 2022Letter of March 7, 2022 from counsel for applicants filed.
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Mar 07 2022Response to application (21A471) requested by Justice Barrett, due by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Mar 10 2022Letter of March 10, 2022 from counsel for applicants filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from respondents Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from Hunter Respondents filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from respondents Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, et al. filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from respondent Janet Bewley, State Senate Democratic Minority Leader filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from respondent Governor Tony Evers filed.
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Mar 11 2022Response to application from respondents Gary Krenz, et al. filed.
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Mar 11 2022Motion for Leave to File an Amicus Brief filed by Senator Lena C. Taylor.
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Mar 11 2022Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae filed by Ron Hoff.
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Mar 12 2022Reply of applicants Wisconsin Legislature, et al. filed.
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Mar 23 2022Application (21A471) referred to the Court.
Mar 23 2022Application (21A471) granted by the Court. The application for stay presented to Justice Barrett and by her referred to the Court is construed as a petition for certiorari and the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the imposition of the Governor’s State Assembly and Senate maps is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion of the Court. Opinion per curiam. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan joins, dissenting. (Detached Opinion)
Apr 25 2022MANDATE ISSUED.
Apr 25 2022JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan
    Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

taylor@consovoymccarthy.com
703-243-9423
Party name: Wisconsin Legislature, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Thomas Charles Bellavia
    Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Department of Justice
17 W. Main Street
PO Box 7857
Madison, WI 53707-7857

bellaviatc@doj.state.wi.us
6082668690
Party name: Wisconsin Elections Commission and its members, Marge Bostelmann, Julie Glancey, Ann Jacobs, Dean Knudson, Robert Spindell, and Mark Thomsen
Joshua Adam Matz
    Counsel of Record
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
1050 K Street NW
Suite 1040
Washington, DC 20001

jmatz@kaplanhecker.com
(929) 294-2537
Party name: Governor Tony Evers
Paul March Smith
    Counsel of Record
Campaign Legal Center
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005

psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org
202-736-2200
Party name: Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, et al.
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: Hunter Respondents
Lester Abraham Pines
    Counsel of Record
Pines Bach LLP
122 W. Washington Avenue #900
Madison, WI 53703

lpines@pinesbach.com
608-251-0101
Party name: Janet Bewley, State Senate Democratic Minority Leader
Jessica Ring Amunson
    Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

JAmunson@jenner.com
202-639-6000
Party name: Gary Krenz, et al.
Other
Jason Brett Torchinsky
    Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
15405 John Marshall Hwy
Haymarket, VA 20169

jtorchinsky@holtzmanvogel.com
540 341 8808
Party name: Ron Hoff
Bryan Ludington Sells
    Counsel of Record
The Law Office of Bryan L. Sells , LLC
P. O. Box 5493
Atlanta, GA 31107

bryan@bryansellslaw.com
404-480-4212
Party name: Senator Lena C. Taylor