No. 13-895
Vide 13-1138
Title:
Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al., Appellants
v.
Alabama, et al.
Docketed:January 27, 2014
Linked with 14A335
Lower Ct:United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  Case Nos.:(2:12-cv-691, 2:12-cv-1081)
  Decision Date:December 20, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 23 2014 Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due February 26, 2014)
Jan 23 2014 Appendix of Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al. filed.
Feb 4 2014 Order extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including March 28, 2014.
Mar 24 2014 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 21, 2014.
Apr 21 2014 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Alabama, et al.
May 2 2014 Reply of appellants Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al. filed.
May 6 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 22, 2014.
May 27 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 29, 2014.
Jun 2 2014 PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED limited to Question 2 presented by the statement as to jurisdiction. Probable jurisdiction is noted in No. 13-1138 limited to Question 1 presented by the statement as to jurisdiction. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Jul 10 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the appellees.
Jul 22 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 13, 2014.
Jul 22 2014 The time to file appellees' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2014.
Aug 13 2014 Brief of appellants Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al. filed.
Aug 13 2014 Joint appendix filed. VIDED. (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 15 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the appellants.
Aug 20 2014 Brief amicus curiae of the United States in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Aug 20 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Aug 20 2014 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Aug 20 2014 Brief amici curiae of North Carolina Litigants filed. VIDED.
Aug 20 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. VIDED.
Sep 4 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. VIDED.
Sep 8 2014 Record requested from U.S.D.C. for Middle District of Alabama.
Sep 9 2014 The Record received from U.S.D.C. for Middle District of Alabama is electronic and located on PACER.
Sep 19 2014 CIRCULATED
Sep 24 2014 Application (14A335) to file a consolidated appellees' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Thomas. VIDED
Sep 29 2014 Application (14A335) granted by Justice Thomas to file a consolidated appellees' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit provided that the brief does not exceed 22,500 words.
Oct 9 2014 Brief of appellees Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 15 2014 Motion for divided argument filed by appellants. VIDED.
Oct 15 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Oct 16 2014 Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 16 2014 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Dalton J. Oldham filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2014 Reply of appellants Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 30 2014 Proposal of counsel for the appellees to lodge copies of the complaint in Figgs, et al. v. Quitman County, et al. VIDED
Oct 31 2014 Motion for divided argument filed by appellants GRANTED.
Oct 31 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, and for divided argument GRANTED and the time is to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for appellants, 30 minutes for appellees, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General as amicus curiae. VIDED
Nov 12 2014 Argued. For appellants in 13-895: Eric Schnapper, Seattle, Wash. For appellants in 13-1138: Richard Pildes, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Andrew L. Brasher, Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.
Jan 30 2015 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellants Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al. (Distributed)
Feb 23 2015 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellants GRANTED.
Feb 26 2015 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellees Alabama, et al. (Distributed)
Mar 9 2015 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
Mar 25 2015 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Apr 27 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Appellants:
Eric Schnapper University of Washington School of Law(206) 616-3167
    Counsel of RecordP.O. Box 353020
Seattle, WA  98195-3020
schnapp@u.washington.edu
Party name: Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al.
 
James H. Anderson Jackson, Anderson & Patty, P.C.(334) 834-5311
P.O. Box 1988
Montgomery, AL  36102
janderson@jaandp.com
Party name: Alabama Democratic Conference, et al.
 
James U. Blacksher P.O. Box 636 (205) 591-7238
Birmingham, AL  35201
jblacksher@ns.sympatico.ca
Party name: Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, et al.
 
Richard H. Pildes 40 Washington Square South(212) 998-6377
New York, NY  10012
pildes@exchange.law.nyu.edu
Party name: Alabama Democratic Conference, et al.
Attorneys for Appellees:
Andrew L. Brasher Solicitor General(334) 353-2609
    Counsel of Record Office of Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36130
abrasher@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Alabama, et al.
Other:
Anita S. Earls Southern Coalition for Social Justice(919) 323-3380
1415 W. Highway 54, Suite 101
Durham, NC  27707
anita@scsj.org
Party name: North Carolina Litigants
 
Jon M. Greenbaum Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law(202) 662-8315
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC  20005
jgreenbaum@lawyerscommittee.org
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in support of neither party
 
Ryan P. Haygood NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.(212)-965-2200
40 Rector Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY  10006
rhaygood@naacpldf.org
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
 
Joshua P. Thompson Pacific Legal Foundation(916)-419-7111
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
jpt@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Jason Brett Torchinsky Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC(540)-341-8808
45 North Hill Drive Suite 100
Warrenton, VA  20186
jtorchinsky@hvjlaw.com
Party name: Dalton J. Oldham
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States in support of neither party
 
Wendy R. Weiser Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law(646) 292-8310
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY  11215
wendy.weiser@nyu.edu
Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
 
Christopher W. Weller 150 South Perry Street (334)-241-8000
P.O. Box 2069
Montgomery, AL  36104
cww@chlaw.com
Party name: Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate