| No. 22-807 | |
| Title: | Thomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate, et al., Appellants v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. |
| Docketed: | February 27, 2023 |
| Linked with 23A851 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina |
| Case Numbers: | (3:21-cv-03302-MGL-TJH-RMG) |
| Decision Date: | January 6, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 17 2023 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 29, 2023) |
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| Mar 29 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. |
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| Mar 29 2023 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. |
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| Apr 12 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023. |
| Apr 12 2023 | Opposition to motion of Senate Appellants, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 08 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023. |
| May 15 2023 | Probable jurisdiction noted. |
| May 25 2023 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jun 01 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2023. The time to file appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 11, 2023. |
| Jul 07 2023 | Brief of Appellants filed. |
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| Jul 07 2023 | Joint appendix filed. (Distributed) (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jul 14 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. |
| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Governor Henry McMaster filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, and Russell Fry filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amici curiae of State of Alabama, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Fair Lines America Foundation filed. |
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| Jul 17 2023 | Record requested from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. |
| Jul 18 2023 | Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina electronically received and available with the Clerk. |
| Jul 27 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 11 2023 | Brief of appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 11 2023 | Supplemental Joint appendix filed.(Distributed) |
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| Aug 16 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of League of Women Voters of South Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos and Jowei Chen filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Congressman James E. Clyburn filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 01 2023 | Video exhibits from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina record electronically received and available with the Clerk. |
| Sep 11 2023 | Reply of appellant Senate Appellants filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 26 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 11 2023 | Argued. For appellants: John M. Gore, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Leah C. Aden, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae: Caroline A. Flynn, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Mar 18 2024 | Application (23A851) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Mar 21 2024 | Response to application (23A851) requested by The Chief Justice, due by noon (EDT), on March 25, 2024. |
| Mar 25 2024 | Response to application from respondents The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 26 2024 | Reply of applicants in support of the application for stay filed. |
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| Mar 28 2024 | Letter of March 28, 2024 from counsel for Senate Appellants filed. |
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| May 23 2024 | Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART and REMANDED IN PART. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III–C. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 03 2024 | Application (23A851) referred to the Court. |
| Jun 03 2024 | Application (23A851) denied by the Court. |
| Jun 24 2024 | Judgment Issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| John Matthew Gore Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 JMGORE@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: Senate Appellants | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Leah Camille Aden | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 LADEN@NAACPLDF.ORG | 2129652200 |
| Party name: The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | ||
| Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 ACepedaDerieux@aclu.org | (212) 549-2500 |
| Party name: The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Brian C. Duffy Counsel of Record | Duffy and Young, LLC 96 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401 bduffy@duffyandyoung.com | 843-720-2044 |
| Party name: League of Women Voters of South Carolina, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce, The Charleston Branch of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History | ||
| Phillip Michael Gordon Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 pgordon@holtzmanvogel.com | 540-341-8808 |
| Party name: National Republican Redistricting Trust | ||
| 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: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| John David Graubert Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth St. NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 jgraubert@cov.com | 2026625938 |
| Party name: Congressman James E. Clyburn | ||
| Ruth Merewyn Greenwood Counsel of Record | Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School 6 Everett St, Suite 4105 Cambridge, MA 02138 rgreenwood@law.harvard.edu | 2025600590 |
| Party name: Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos and Jowei Chen | ||
| 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: State of Alabama | ||
| William Grayson Lambert Counsel of Record | Office of the Governor South Carolina State House 1100 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 glambert@governor.sc.gov | 803-734-2100 |
| Party name: Governor Henry McMaster | ||
| Thomas Ashley Limehouse Jr. | Office of the Governor, State of South Carolina 1100 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 TLimehouse@governor.sc.gov | 803-734-6023 |
| Party name: Governor Henry McMaster | ||
| Angela Marie Liu Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 35 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60601 angela.liu@dechert.com | 312-646-5800 |
| Party name: Political Science Professors | ||
| Michelle Katz Moriarty Counsel of Record | Proskauer Rose LLP Eleven Times Square New York, NY 10036 mmoriarty@proskauer.com | (212) 969-3441 |
| Party name: Historians | ||
| T. Russell Nobile Counsel of Record | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 rnobile@judicialwatch.org | 202-527-9866 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | 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 | ||
| Richard Bryan Raile Counsel of Record | Baker & Hostetler, LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 rraile@bakerlaw.com | 202-861-1711 |
| Party name: Fair Lines America Foundation | ||
| Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 2300 N Street, NW Ste 643-A Washington, DC 20037 JTORCHINSKY@HOLTZMANVOGEL.COM | 202-737-8808 |
| Party name: Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, and Russell Fry | ||
| Julie Michelle Veroff Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 jveroff@cooley.com | (415) 693-2000 |
| Party name: Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, et al. | ||