| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Aug 25 2014 |
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due September 29, 2014) |
| Sep 15 2014 |
Order extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including October 29, 2014. |
| Sep 17 2014 |
Waiver of right of appellee Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to respond filed. |
| Oct 20 2014 |
Order further extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including November 13, 2014. |
| Nov 13 2014 |
Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al. |
| Dec 2 2014 |
Reply of appellants Wesley W. Harris, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 3 2014 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015. |
| Jun 25 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 29, 2015. |
| Jun 30 2015 |
PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. |
| Jul 24 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the appellants. |
| Jul 29 2015 |
The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2015. |
| Jul 29 2015 |
The time to file appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 26, 2015. |
| Jul 31 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan. |
| Sep 4 2015 |
Brief of appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan in support of appellants filed. |
| Sep 4 2015 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Sep 4 2015 |
Brief of appellants Wesley W. Harris, et al. filed. |
| Sep 10 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Southern Coalition for Social Justice in support of neither party filed. |
| Oct 9 2015 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, DECEMBER 8, 2015 |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Record requested from U.S.D.C. District of Arizona. |
| Oct 26 2015 |
Brief of appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission filed. |
| Oct 27 2015 |
CIRCULATED |
| Oct 30 2015 |
Motion for divided argument filed by appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan in support of appellants. |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Former Officials of the U.S. Department of Justice Who Enforced the Voting Rights Act filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of The Navajo Nation and Leonard Gorman filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Samuel S. Wang, Ph.D. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Professors Nicholas Stephanoupolis and Simon Jackman filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 24 2015 |
Motion for divided argument filed by appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan in support of appellants. GRANTED. |
| Nov 24 2015 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 25 2015 |
Reply of appellant Wesley W. Harris, et al. (Distributed) |
| Nov 25 2015 |
Letter and 8 1/2 x 11 inch copies of exhibits that appear in appellants' brief on the merits received. |
| Nov 25 2015 |
Reply of appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan in support of appellants filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 8 2015 |
Argued. For appellants: Mark F. Hearne, II, St. Louis, Mo. For appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan in support of appellants: Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, Ariz. For appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.; and Sarah E. Harrington, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Apr 20 2016 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| May 23 2016 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED |