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No. 18-422
Title:	Robert A. Rucho, et al., Appellants v. Common Cause, et al.
Docketed:	October 3, 2018

Lower Ct:	United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Case Numbers:	(1:16-CV-1026)
Decision Date:	August 27, 2018
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 01 2018	Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due November 2, 2018)
	Jurisdictional Statement Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 23 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Common Cause, et al..
	Blanket Consent
Oct 30 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Robert A. Rucho, et al..
	Blanket Consent
Oct 31 2018	Motion to affirm filed by appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 01 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Philip P. Kalodner filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 02 2018	Motion to affirm filed by appellees Common Cause, et al.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Other
Nov 05 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al..
	Blanket Consent
Nov 08 2018	Supplemental brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 20 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.

Nov 20 2018	Brief opposing motion to affirm from appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Other Proof of Service
Dec 10 2018	Rescheduled.

Dec 19 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.

Jan 04 2019	Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. The case will be set for argument in the March argument session.

Jan 08 2019	Appellants' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, February 8, 2019. Appellees' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Monday, March 4, 2019. Reply briefs on the merits are to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellants or in support of neither party are to be filed on or before Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellees are to be filed on or before Friday, March 8, 2019.

Jan 25 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Jan 30 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Robert A. Rucho, et al..
	Blanket Consent
Feb 05 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Common Cause, et al..
	Blanket Consent
Feb 05 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Feb 05 2019	Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument filed by appellees.
	Main Document Proof of Service Other
Feb 08 2019	Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs received)
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Feb 08 2019	Brief of appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 11 2019	Brief amicus curiae of David Orentlicher in support of neither party filed (also in 18-726).
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 11 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of the American Civil Rights Union and Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress from the North Carolina Delegation filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Texas House Representative Carl Isett filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Speaker Michael C. Turzai filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 12 2019	Brief amici curiae of The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 14 2019	CIRCULATED

Feb 15 2019	Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 21 2019	Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of North Carolina.

Feb 21 2019	Record from the U.S.C.A 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Mar 04 2019	Brief of appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Reprinted version submitted)

Mar 04 2019	Brief of appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. filed. (March 5, 2019) (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 04 2019	Brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 06 2019	Brief amici curiae of Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 07 2019	Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Clinic Duke Law School filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Eric S. Lander filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Stephen M. Shapiro filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor D. Theodore Rave filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Election Law Scholars filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (March 11, 2019)

Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professors Wesley Pegden, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professors Christopher S. Elmendorf, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (also in 18-726) (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of 27 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of the American Jewish Committee filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed (also in18-726). (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lawrence Joseph Hogan, Jr. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Democracy North Carolina and The People's Alliance Fund filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Historians filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael Kang filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
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Mar 08 2019	Brief amici curiae of Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
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Mar 11 2019	Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief submitted).

Mar 11 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression filed (March 18, 2019) (also in 18-726). (Distributed)
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Mar 15 2019	Joint motion of appellees for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument GRANTED in part, and the time is divided as follows: 35 minutes for appellants, 20 minutes for appellees Common Cause, et al., and 15 minutes for appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.

Mar 19 2019	Reply of appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 26 2019	Argued. For appellants: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For appellees Common Cause, et al.: Emmet J. Bondurant, II, Atlanta, Ga. For appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.: Allison J. Riggs, Durham, N. C.

Jun 27 2019	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. (Decided together with No. 18-726.) VIDED.

Jul 29 2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Appellants
Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record	Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com	(202) 879-5000
Party name: Robert A. Rucho, et al.
Attorneys for Appellees
Emmet J Bondurant II Counsel of Record	Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 bondurant@bmelaw.com	404-881-4100
Party name: Common Cause, et al.
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: League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.
Allison J. Riggs	Southern Coalition for Social Justice 1415 West Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, NC 27707	(919) 323-3942
Party name: League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.
Other
Philip P. Kalodner Counsel of Record	Philip P Kalodner 208 Righters Mill Rd 208 Righters Mill Rd Gladwyne, PA 19035 pkalodner@aol.com	610-649-8749
Party name: Philip P Kalodner
Floyd Abrams Counsel of Record	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 80 Pine Street New York, NY 10005 fabrams@cahill.com	212-701-3621
Party name: Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression
Efrem M. Braden Counsel of Record	Baker &Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com	202-861-1500
Party name: Speaker Michael C. Turzai
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 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ACLU OF MARYLAND,
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: ELECTION LAW, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, AND EMPIRICAL LEGAL SCHOLARS
Richard Wayland Clary Counsel of Record	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 rclary@cravath.com	2124741000
Party name: Historians
Tacy Fletcher Flint Counsel of Record	Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 tflint@sidley.com	312-853-7000
Party name: Professors Wesley Pegden, Jonathan Rodden, and Samuel S.-H. Wang
Michael Robert Geroe Counsel of Record	Law Office of Michael R. Geroe P.O. Box 235211 Encinitas, CA 92023-5211 mgeroe@gmail.com	7606525548
Party name: Stephen M. Shapiro
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
Jonathan M. Greenbaum Counsel of Record	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20005 jgreenbaum@lawyerscommittee.org	202-662-8315
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Edward Dean Greim Counsel of Record	Graves Garrett LLC 1100 Main Street, Suite 2700 Kansas City, MO 64105 edgreim@gravesgarrett.com	816-256-4144
Party name: The National Republican Redistricting Trust
Deepak Gupta Counsel of Record	Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com	(202) 888-1741
Party name: Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students
Benjamin Noah Gutman Counsel of Record	State of Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301 benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us	503-378-4402
Party name: States of Oregon, et al.
Kyle Douglas Hawkins Counsel of Record	Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 kyle.hawkins@oag.texas.gov	5129361700
Party name: States of Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah
David Edward Leit Counsel of Record	Lowenstein Sandler, LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, NJ 07068 dleit@lowenstein.com	9735972340
Party name: Anti-Defamation League, 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
Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record	O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com	2123262000
Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law
Adam Karl Mortara Counsel of Record	Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP 54 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60654 adam.mortara@bartlit-beck.com	7737507154
Party name: The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record	Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com	202-662-5435
Party name: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Burt Neuborne Counsel of Record	Burt Neuborne 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 burt.neuborne@nyu.edu	(212) 998-6172
Party name: BRIEF OF COLLEAGUES OF PROFESSOR NORMAN DORSEN
Joseph M. Nixon Counsel of Record	The Nixon Law Firm P.C. 6363 Woodway suite 800 Houston, TX 77057 joe@nixonlawtx.com	713-55-7535
Party name: Honorable Carl Isset
David Orentlicher Counsel of Record	UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 451003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003 dorentli@gmail.com	702-895-2333
Party name: David Orentlicher
Mark Alexander Packman Counsel of Record	Gilbert LLP 1100 New York Avenue NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 packmanm@gilbertlegal.com	202-772-2320
Party name: Professors Christopher S. Elmendorf, Joseph Fishkin, Bertrall Ross, Douglas Spencer, and Franita Tolson
John Joseph Park Jr. Counsel of Record	Law Offices of Jack Park 616-B Green Street Gainesville, GA 30501 jjp@jackparklaw.com	470-892-6444
Party name: American Civil Rights Union and Southeastern Legal Foundation
Gary Michael Parsons Jr. Counsel of Record	245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 michael.parsons@nyu.edu	212-992-8196
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al.
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: FIRST AMENDMENT AND ELECTION LAW SCHOLARS
Kaylan Lytle Phillips Counsel of Record	Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E. Washington, Suite 1675 Indianapolis,, IN 46204 kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org	3172035599
Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation
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 AEF
H. Jefferson Powell Counsel of Record	Duke Law School 210 Science Drive Durham, NC 27708-0360 jefferson.powell01@gmail.com	9196137168
Party name: First Amendment Clinic Duke Law School
Donald Theodore Rave III 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
Richard A. Rosen Counsel of Record	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 rrosen@paulweiss.com	212-373-3000
Party name: THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com	212-506-5380
Party name: Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie
James Paul Rouhandeh Counsel of Record	Davis Polk and Wardwell 450 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10017 james.rouhandeh@davispolk.com	212-450-4000
Party name: Professor Michael Kang
David Abba Schwarz Counsel of Record	Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 dschwarz@irell.com	310-277-1010
Party name: GOVERNORS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND LAWRENCE JOSEPH HOGAN JR.
Brian Adair Sutherland Counsel of Record	Reed Smith, LLP 101 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 bsutherland@reedsmith.com	4156594843
Party name: Political Science Professors Allison P. Harris, et al.
Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jt@hvjt.law	540 341 8808
Party name: The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee
Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record	Troutman Sanders LLP One North Wacker Drive Suite 2905 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com	312-759-5947
Party name: Members of Congress from the North Carolina Delegation
Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com	202-663-6800
Party name: Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives
H. Reed Witherby Counsel of Record	Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo, LLP 101 Federal Street, Suite 1405 Boston, MA 02110-1817 rwitherby@smithduggan.com	617.216.6930
Party name: Eric S. Lander
Jonathan K. Youngwood Counsel of Record	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 JYoungwood@STBLAW.com	2124552000
Party name: Democracy North Carolina and The People's Alliance Fund