Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART, 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. 17-586, Judgment REVERSED, 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

CIRCULATED

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. 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. 17-586 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.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.

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

Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin filed.

Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force.

Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Mexican American Legislative Caucus, et al.

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

Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due November 29, 2017)

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

Mexican American Legislative Caucus, et al., Appellant, represented by Pamela Susan Karlan

Shannon Perez, et al., Appellant, represented by Allison J. Riggs

Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, Appellant, represented by Nina Perales

United States, Appellant, represented by Noel J. Francisco

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