JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED, and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED. (No. 17-626, Judgment REVERSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART, and case REMANDED).

Argued. For appellants: Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, Tex. For appellee United States in support of appellants: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For appellees in 17-586: Max Renea Hicks, Austin, Tex. For appellees in 17-626: Allison J. Riggs, Durham, N. C. VIDED

Reply of appellants Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Reply of appellee United States in support of appellants filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument and the motion of appellees for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument are granted, and the time is divided as follows: 25 minutes for appellants, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General in support of appellants, 15 minutes for appellees in No. 17-586, and 20 minutes for appellees in No. 17-626.

Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Common Cause and The Voting Rights Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief of appellees Perez, et al. (Congressional Districts) filed (No. 17-586). (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of States of Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief of appellants Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed. VIDED.

Joint appendix filed. VIDED

Brief of appellee United States in support of appellants filed. VIDED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. VIDED

Application (17A825) granted by Justice Alito for leave to file appellants' brief on the merits and the reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limits. VIDED

Application (17A825) for leave to file appellants' brief on the merits and the reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limits, submitted to Justice Alito. VIDED

Blanket Consent filed by appellants, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. VIDED

Joint Blanket Consent filed by appellees, Shannon Perez, et al., and appellees, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, filed. VIDED

Joint motion for divided argument and enlargement of time for oral argument filed by appellees. VIDED

Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 17-586. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 17-586. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the flings is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”

Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction in No. 17-626 is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.

Reply of appellants Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed.

Appendix of Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. filed.

Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)

Eddie Rodriguez, et al., Appellant, represented by Renea Hicks

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellant, represented by Scott A. Keller

Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Appellant, represented by Pamela Susan Karlan

Campaign Legal Center; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Danielle Marie Lang

Common Cause and The Voting Rights Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Rothfeld

States of Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth Baker Murrill