from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting (orders list)
Argued. For appellant: Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, Tex. For appellee Holder: Neal K. Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For intervenor-appellees: Debo P. Adegbile, New York, N.Y.
Reply of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed. (Distributed)
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)
Application (08A855) denied by The Chief Justice.
Application (08A855) for leave to file appellant's reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limitation, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Brief amici curiae of Julius Chambers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former Republican Officeholders filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Navajo Nation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Reps. John Conyers, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Barbara Lee, Member of Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Members of the Texas House of Representatives filed. (Distributed).
Motion for divided argument filed by appellees Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General.
Brief amici curiae of Alaska Native Voters and Tribes filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Asian American Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Jurisdictions That Have Bailed Out Under the Voting Rights Act filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Congressman John Lewis filed.
Letter from counsel for Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al. proposing to lodge copies of letters issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Brief of appellees Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of appellees Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of appellee Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Brief of appellee Travis County filed. (Distributed)
DISTRIBUTED.
Record from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia is electronically filed.
Brief amicus curiae of the Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue filed.
Brief amici curiae of Nathaniel Persily, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Charles Stewart III in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Dr. Abigail Thernstrom and Former Justice Department Officials filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation Goldwater Institute filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
Brief of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the Diaz Intervenor-Appellees.
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the appellant.
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for all intervenor-appellees (other than the Attorney General of the United States).
PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED The brief of appellant is to be filed on or before Thursday, February 19, 2009. The brief of appellees is to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 18, 2009. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 (orders list)
Reply of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed. (Distributed) TBP
Motion to affirm filed by appellee Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General.
Motion to affirm filed by appellees Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP, et al.
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 26, 2008, for all appellees.
Order further extending time to file response to the jurisdictional statement to and including November 24, 2008, for all appellees.
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Order extending time to file response to jurisdictional statement to and including November 10, 2008, for all appellees.
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due October 10, 2008)
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant, represented by Elena Kagan
Intervenor Appellees David Diaz, Lisa Diaz, and Gabriel Diaz, Appellant, represented by Nina Perales
Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP, et al., Appellant, represented by Paul R.Q. Wolfson
Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al., Appellant, represented by Debo P. Adegbile
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One, Appellant, represented by Gregory S. Coleman
Travis County, Appellant, represented by Renea Hicks
Alaska Native Voters and Tribes, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Thomas Tucker
American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Thomas Wells Jr.
Asian American Justice Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Allegra R. Rich
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore K. Cheng
Barbara Lee, Member of Congress, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Juan Cartagena
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul M. Smith
Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aderson Bellegarde Francois
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Clifford M. Sloan
Dr. Abigail Thernstrom and Former Justice Department Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael A. Carvin
Former Republican Officeholders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Trevor Potter
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anne W. Lewis
Honorable Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Corey L.. Maze
Julius Chambers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by William D. Kissinger
Jurisdictions That Have Bailed Out Under the Voting Rights Act, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Gerald Hebert
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Michael Hoffman
Members of the Texas House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lynn E. Blais
Mountain States Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Scott Detamore
Nathaniel Persily, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Charles Stewart III in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathaniel Persily
Navajo Nation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marvin S. Cohen
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel R. Bagenstos
North Carolina, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher G. Browning Jr.
Pacific Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Sharon L. Browne
Reps. John Conyers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Pamela S. Karlan
Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation Goldwater Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicholas C. Dranias
Southeastern Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Shannon Lee Goessling