from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
The record from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin has been returned.
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined except as to Part III. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Argued. For appellants: Misha Tseytlin, Solicitor General, Madison, Wis.; and Erin E. Murphy, Washington, D. C. (for Wisconsin State Senate, et al., as amici curiae.) For appellees: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.
Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Reply of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Fairvote and One Nation One Vote filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of League of Women Voters filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Current Members of Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Represent.Us, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Media and Democracy filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of League of Conservation Voters, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Republican Statewide Officials Senators Bill Brock, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Political Geography Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Professor D. Theodore Rave filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Robin Best, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.(Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Eric S. Lander filed. (Distributed)
Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amici curiae of Heather K. Gerken, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of appellees William Whitford, et al. filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED.
Brief amicus curiae of Eric McGhee in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
Record received from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin. ( 1 Envelope )
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (formerly Shapiro v. McManus), supporting neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed.
Brief amicus curiae of the Legacy Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed.
Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed.
Brief amici curiae of Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition filed.
Brief amici curiae of Tennessee State Senators filed.
Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Western Dist. of Wisconsin.
Joint appendix filed. (2 Volumes) (Statement of costs filed)
Brief of appellant Beverly R.Gill, et al. filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party, or neither party from counsel for the appellees received.
Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received.
The application for stay presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, case No. 3:15-cv-00421, entered January 27, 2017, amended February 22, 2017, and corrected March 15, 2017, is stayed pending disposition of the appeal in this Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would deny the application for stay.
Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits.
Application (16A1149) referred to the Court.
Reply of applicant Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
Response to application from respondent William Whitford, et al. filed.
Motion for leave to file amici brief in support of stay filed by Wisconsin State Senate, et al.
Response to application (16A1149) requested by Justice Kagan, due Wednesday, June 7, 2017, by 11 a.m. ET.
Application (16A1149) for a stay pending appeal, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Opposition to motion to affirm of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
Motion to affirm filed by appellees William Whitford, et al.
Brief amici curiae of The Republican National Committee, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of The States of Texas, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed.
Order extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including May 15, 2017.
Appendix of Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due April 24, 2017)
William Whitford, et al., Appellant, represented by Paul March Smith
44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas Andrew Chin
American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Perry Maxwell Grossman
American Civil Rights Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Christian Adams
American Jewish Committee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David Edward Leit
Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vincent Gregory Levy
Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anton Metlitsky
California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Adair Sutherland
Center for Media and Democracy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph H. Yeager
Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Burt Neuborne
Common Cause, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory L. Diskant
Current Members of Congress, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
David Boyle, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Christopher Boyle
Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bradley S. Phillips
Eric McGhee in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel F Kolb
Eric S. Lander, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Reed Witherby
Fairvote and One Nation One Vote, Amicus Curiae, represented by Justin Adatto Nelson
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ezra David Rosenberg
Heather K. Gerken, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Heather Gerken
Historians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Clifford M. Sloan
International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul A. Diller
Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Pamela Susan Karlan
League of Conservation Voters, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ira M. Feinberg
League of Women Voters, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kathleen Roberta Hartnett
Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition, Amicus Curiae, represented by David L. Lewis
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Justin Michael Levitt
National Republican Congressional Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jason Brett Torchinsky
Political Geography Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tacy Fletcher Flint
Political Science Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Atkins
Professor D. Theodore Rave, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald Theodore Rave
Represent.US, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Atara Miller
Republican National Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael T. Morley
Republican State Leadership Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Efrem M. Braden
Robin Best, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jacqueline C. Gerrald
Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark W. Mosier Jr.
Southeastern Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Joseph Park Jr.
States of Oregon, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Gutman
States of Texas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A Keller
Tennessee State Senators, Amicus Curiae, represented by John L. Ryder
The Legacy Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Josefiak
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas R. Cox
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric M McLeod
Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erin E. Murphy
Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement