No. 16-1161
 
Title: Beverly R. Gill, et al., Appellants
v.
William Whitford, et al.
Docketed: March 24, 2017
Linked with: 16A1149
Lower Ct: United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
   Case Numbers: (15-cv-421-bbc)
   Decision Date: November 21, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 24 2017 Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due April 24, 2017)
Mar 24 2017 Appendix of Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
Apr 05 2017 Order extending time to file response to statement as to jurisdiction to and including May 15, 2017.
Apr 18 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed.
Apr 24 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed.
Apr 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of The States of Texas, et al. filed.
Apr 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate, et al. filed.
Apr 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Apr 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of The Republican National Committee, et al. filed.
May 08 2017 Motion to affirm filed by appellees William Whitford, et al.
May 18 2017 Opposition to motion to affirm of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
May 22 2017 Application (16A1149) for a stay pending appeal, submitted to Justice Kagan.
May 23 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 8, 2017.
May 24 2017 Response to application (16A1149) requested by Justice Kagan, due Wednesday, June 7, 2017, by 11 a.m. ET.
May 25 2017 Motion for leave to file amici brief in support of stay filed by Wisconsin State Senate, et al.
Jun 07 2017 Response to application from respondent William Whitford, et al. filed.
Jun 08 2017 Reply of applicant Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed.
Jun 09 2017 Application (16A1149) referred to the Court.
Jun 12 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 15, 2017.
Jun 19 2017 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.
Jun 19 2017 Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits.
Jul 13 2017 Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received.
Jul 17 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party, or neither party from counsel for the appellees received.
Jul 19 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
Jul 28 2017 Brief of appellant Beverly R.Gill, et al. filed.
Jul 28 2017 Joint appendix filed. (2 Volumes) (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 01 2017 Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Western Dist. of Wisconsin.
Aug 03 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
Aug 03 2017 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Aug 03 2017 Brief amici curiae of Tennessee State Senators filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amici curiae of Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of the Legacy Foundation filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (formerly Shapiro v. McManus), supporting neither party filed.
Aug 04 2017 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed.
Aug 09 2017 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin. ( 1 Envelope )
Aug 10 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Eric McGhee in support of neither party filed.
Aug 10 2017 Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
Aug 14 2017 CIRCULATED.
Aug 28 2017 Brief of appellees William Whitford, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 30 2017 Brief amici curiae of Heather K. Gerken, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 30 2017 Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 31 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Eric S. Lander filed. (Distributed)
Sep 01 2017 Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.(Distributed)
Sep 01 2017 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 01 2017 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 01 2017 Brief amici curiae of 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Sep 01 2017 Brief amici curiae of Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Professor D. Theodore Rave filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Political Geography Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Republican Statewide Officials Senators Bill Brock, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of League of Conservation Voters, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Media and Democracy filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Represent.Us, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Current Members of Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of League of Women Voters filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Fairvote and One Nation One Vote filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Robin Best, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 15 2017 Reply of appellants Beverly R. Gill, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 25 2017 Motion of Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 03 2017 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.
Jun 18 2018 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.
Jul 20 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 29 2018 The record from the U.S.D.C. Western District of Wisconsin has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Misha Tseytlin
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Dept. of Justice
17 W. Main Street
Madison, WI 53703
tseytlinm@doj.state.wi.us
Ph: 608 267-9323
Party name: Beverly R. Gill, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Paul March Smith
Counsel of Record
Campaign Legal Center
1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20005
psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org
Ph: 202-736-2200
Party name: William Whitford, et al.


Other Attorneys
J. Christian Adams
Counsel of Record
Public Interest Legal Foundation
32 E. Washington Street, Suite 1675
Indianapolis, IN 46204
adams@publicinterestlegal.org
Ph: 317-203-5599
Party name: American Civil Rights Union, et al.


Robert A. Atkins
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
ratkins@paulweiss.com
Ph: 212-373-3000
Party name: Political Science Professors


David Christopher Boyle
Counsel of Record
PO Box 15143
Long Beach, CA 90815
dbo@boyleslaw.org
Ph: (734)-904-6132
Party name: David Boyle


Efrem M. Braden
Counsel of Record
Baker &Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite1100
Washington, DC 20036
mbraden@bakerlaw.com
Ph: 202 861-1504
Party name: Republican State Leadership Committee


Douglas Andrew Chin
Counsel of Record
University of North Carolina School of Law
160 Ridge Road, CB #3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
chin@unc.edu
Ph: 919-962-4116
Party name: 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars


Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
655 Fifteenth Street, NW
Suite 700- 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
paul.clement@kirkland.com
Ph: 202-879-5000
Party name: Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly


Douglas R. Cox
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
dcox@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8500
Party name: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty


Paul A. Diller
Counsel of Record
Willamette University College of Law
245 Winter Street, SE
Salem, OR 97301
pdiller@willamette.edu
Ph: (503)-370-6595
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al.


Gregory L. Diskant
Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
gldiskant@pbwt.com
Ph: 212-336-2000
Party name: Common Cause


Ira M. Feinberg
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
875 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
ira.feinberg@hoganlovells.com
Ph: (212)-918-3000
Party name: League of Conservation Voters, et al.


Tacy Fletcher Flint
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60603
tflint@sidley.com
Ph: 312-853-7875
Party name: Political Geography Scholars


David C. Frederick
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
dfrederick@kellogghansen.com
Ph: (202)-326-7900
Party name: Republican Statewide Officials Senators Bill Brock, et al.


Heather Gerken
Counsel of Record
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
heather.k.gerken@yale.edu
Ph: 203-432-1650
Party name: Heather K. Gerken, et al.


Jacqueline C. Gerrald
Counsel of Record
McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
260 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
jgerrald@mclaughlinstern.com
Ph: 212-448-1100
Party name: Robin Best, et al.


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202-296-6889
Party name: Current Members of Congress, et al.


Perry Maxwell Grossman
Counsel of Record
New York Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
pgrossman@nyclu.org
Ph: 212-607-3300
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.


Benjamin Gutman
Counsel of Record
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301-4096
benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us
Ph: 503-378-4402
Party name: States of Oregon, et al.


Kathleen Roberta Hartnett
Counsel of Record
Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP
435 Tasso Street
Suite 205
Palo Alto, CA 94301
khartnett@bsfllp.com
Ph: (650) 798-3508
Party name: League of Women Voters


Thomas Josefiak
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC
45 North Hill Drive
Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20186
tomj@hvjt.law
Ph: 540-8808
Party name: The Legacy Foundation


Pamela Susan Karlan
Counsel of Record
Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
karlan@stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 725-4851
Party name: Law Professors


Scott A Keller
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
skeller@yettercoleman.com
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: States of Texas, et al.


Michael B. Kimberly
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
mkimberly@mayerbrown.com
Ph: (202) 263-3000
Party name: Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (formerly Shapiro v. McManus), supporting neither party


David Edward Leit
Counsel of Record
Lowenstein Sandler, LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
dleit@lowenstein.com
Ph: 973-597-2500
Party name: American Jewish Committee, et al.


Justin Michael Levitt
Counsel of Record
Loyola Law School
919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
justin.levitt@lls.edu
Ph: 213-736-7417
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al.


Vincent Gregory Levy
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP
750 Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10019
vlevy@hsgllp.com
Ph: 646-837-5151
Party name: Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators


David L. Lewis
Counsel of Record
Lewis and Fiore, Esqs.
225 BroadwaySuite 3300
New York, NY 10007
dlewis@lewisandfiore.com
Ph: (212) 285-2290
Party name: Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition


Eric M McLeod
Counsel of Record
Husch Blackwell
33 East Main Street, Suite 300
P.O. Box 1379
Madison, WI 53701
Eric.McLeod@huschblackwell.com
Ph: 608-234-6056
Party name: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce


Anton Metlitsky
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
ametlitsky@omm.com
Ph: 212-326-2000
Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law


Atara Miller
Counsel of Record
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
amiller@milbank.com
Ph: 212-530-5000
Party name: Represent.US, et al.


Michael T. Morley
Counsel of Record
223 Pawnee Road
Cranford, NJ 07016
michaelmorleyesq@hotmail.com
Ph: (860)-778-3883
Party name: Republican National Committee


Mark W. Mosier Jr.
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
mmosier@cov.com
Ph: (202)-662-6000
Party name: Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse


Justin Adatto Nelson
Counsel of Record
Susman Godfrey, L.L.P.
1000 Louisana,
Suite 5100
Seattle, WA 77002
jnelson@susmangodfrey.com
Ph: (713-651-9366
Party name: Fairvote and One Nation One Vote


Burt Neuborne
Counsel of Record
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
burt.neuborne@nyu.edu
Ph: 212-998-6172
Party name: Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen


John Joseph Park Jr.
Counsel of Record
Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP
1170 Peachtree Street NE
Suite 2200
Atlanta, GA 30309
jjp@sbllaw.net
Ph: (678)-347-2208
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation


Bradley S. Phillips
Counsel of Record
Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP
350 South Grand Avenue
50th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
brad.phillips@mto.com
Ph: 213-683-9100
Party name: Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars


Robert D. Popper
Counsel of Record
Judicial Watch, Inc.
425 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
rpopper@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 202-646-5172
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation


Donald Theodore Rave
Counsel of Record
University of Houston Law Center
2402 Calhoun Rd.
Room 142 BLB
Houston, TX 77204
teddy.rave@gmail.com
Ph: 713-743-2499
Party name: Professor D. Theodore Rave


Ezra David Rosenberg
Counsel of Record
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1401 New York Ave., N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
erosenberg@lawyerscommittee.org
Ph: (202) 662-8600
Party name: Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al.


E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
jrosenkranz@orrick.com
Ph: (212)-506-5000
Party name: Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party


John L. Ryder
Counsel of Record
Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC
40 South Main St., Suite 2700
Memphis, TN 38103
jryder@harrisshelton.com
Ph: 901-545-1455
Party name: Tennessee State Senators


Clifford M. Sloan
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Ph: 202-371-7000
Party name: Historians


Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Counsel of Record
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (212) 849-7000
Party name: Constitutional Law Professors


Brian Adair Sutherland
Counsel of Record
Reed Smith, LLP
101 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
bsutherland@reedsmith.com
Ph: 415-543-8700
Party name: California Citizens Redistricting Commission, et al.


Jason Brett Torchinsky
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC
45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20186
jtorchinsky@hvjt.law
Ph: (540) 341-8808
Party name: National Republican Congressional Committee


Seth P. Waxman
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Ph: (202) 663-6000
Party name: Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress


H. Reed Witherby
Counsel of Record
Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo, LLP
99 Summer Street, Suite 1530
Boston, MA 02110
rwitherby@smithduggan.com
Ph: 617-228-4407
Party name: Eric S. Lander


Joseph H. Yeager
Counsel of Record
Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP
300 North Meridian Street
Suite 2700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
jay.yeager@faegrebd.com
Ph: 317 237 0300
Party name: Center for Media and Democracy


Daniel F Kolb
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Daniel.Kolb@DavisPolk.com
Ph: 212-450-4000
Party name: Eric McGhee in support of neither party


Erin E. Murphy
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
655 Fifteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
emurphy@kirkland.com
Ph: (202) 879-5000
Party name: Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly