| No. 18-422 | |
| Title: | Robert A. Rucho, et al., Appellants v. Common Cause, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 3, 2018 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
| Case Numbers: | (1:16-CV-1026) |
| Decision Date: | August 27, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 01 2018 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due November 2, 2018) |
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| Oct 23 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Common Cause, et al.. |
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| Oct 30 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Robert A. Rucho, et al.. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Oct 31 2018 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. |
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| Nov 01 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Philip P. Kalodner filed. |
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| Nov 02 2018 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees Common Cause, et al. |
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| Nov 05 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.. |
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| Nov 08 2018 | Supplemental brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018. |
| Nov 20 2018 | Brief opposing motion to affirm from appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 10 2018 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 19 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019. |
| Jan 04 2019 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. The case will be set for argument in the March argument session. |
| Jan 08 2019 | Appellants' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, February 8, 2019. Appellees' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Monday, March 4, 2019. Reply briefs on the merits are to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellants or in support of neither party are to be filed on or before Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellees are to be filed on or before Friday, March 8, 2019. |
| Jan 25 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
| Jan 30 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Robert A. Rucho, et al.. |
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| Feb 05 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Common Cause, et al.. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 05 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 05 2019 | Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument filed by appellees. |
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| Feb 08 2019 | Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs received) |
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| Feb 08 2019 | Brief of appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 11 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of David Orentlicher in support of neither party filed (also in 18-726). |
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| Feb 11 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of the American Civil Rights Union and Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation in support of neither party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress from the North Carolina Delegation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Texas House Representative Carl Isett filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Speaker Michael C. Turzai filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 14 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 15 2019 | Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 21 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of North Carolina. |
| Feb 21 2019 | Record from the U.S.C.A 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Mar 04 2019 | Brief of appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Reprinted version submitted) |
| Mar 04 2019 | Brief of appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. filed. (March 5, 2019) (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 06 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 07 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Clinic Duke Law School filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 07 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Eric S. Lander filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Stephen M. Shapiro filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor D. Theodore Rave filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Election Law Scholars filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (March 11, 2019) |
| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Wesley Pegden, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Christopher S. Elmendorf, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (also in 18-726) (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 27 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of the American Jewish Committee filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed (also in18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lawrence Joseph Hogan, Jr. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Democracy North Carolina and The People's Alliance Fund filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael Kang filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students filed (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 11 2019 | Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief submitted). |
| Mar 11 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression filed (March 18, 2019) (also in 18-726). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 15 2019 | Joint motion of appellees for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument GRANTED in part, and the time is divided as follows: 35 minutes for appellants, 20 minutes for appellees Common Cause, et al., and 15 minutes for appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. |
| Mar 19 2019 | Reply of appellants Robert A. Rucho, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 26 2019 | Argued. For appellants: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For appellees Common Cause, et al.: Emmet J. Bondurant, II, Atlanta, Ga. For appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.: Allison J. Riggs, Durham, N. C. |
| Jun 27 2019 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. (Decided together with No. 18-726.) VIDED. |
| Jul 29 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Robert A. Rucho, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Emmet J Bondurant II Counsel of Record | Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 bondurant@bmelaw.com | 404-881-4100 |
| Party name: Common Cause, et al. | ||
| Paul March Smith Counsel of Record | Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org | 202-736-2200 |
| Party name: League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. | ||
| Allison J. Riggs | Southern Coalition for Social Justice 1415 West Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, NC 27707 | (919) 323-3942 |
| Party name: League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Philip P. Kalodner Counsel of Record | Philip P Kalodner 208 Righters Mill Rd 208 Righters Mill Rd Gladwyne, PA 19035 pkalodner@aol.com | 610-649-8749 |
| Party name: Philip P Kalodner | ||
| Floyd Abrams Counsel of Record | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 80 Pine Street New York, NY 10005 fabrams@cahill.com | 212-701-3621 |
| Party name: Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression | ||
| Efrem M. Braden Counsel of Record | Baker &Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com | 202-861-1500 |
| Party name: Speaker Michael C. Turzai | ||
| Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux Counsel of Record | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 ACepedaDerieux@aclu.org | (212) 549-2500 |
| Party name: THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ACLU OF MARYLAND, | ||
| 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 | 919-962-4116 |
| Party name: ELECTION LAW, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, AND EMPIRICAL LEGAL SCHOLARS | ||
| Richard Wayland Clary Counsel of Record | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 rclary@cravath.com | 2124741000 |
| Party name: Historians | ||
| Tacy Fletcher Flint Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 tflint@sidley.com | 312-853-7000 |
| Party name: Professors Wesley Pegden, Jonathan Rodden, and Samuel S.-H. Wang | ||
| Michael Robert Geroe Counsel of Record | Law Office of Michael R. Geroe P.O. Box 235211 Encinitas, CA 92023-5211 mgeroe@gmail.com | 7606525548 |
| Party name: Stephen M. Shapiro | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Jonathan M. Greenbaum Counsel of Record | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20005 jgreenbaum@lawyerscommittee.org | 202-662-8315 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | ||
| Edward Dean Greim Counsel of Record | Graves Garrett LLC 1100 Main Street, Suite 2700 Kansas City, MO 64105 edgreim@gravesgarrett.com | 816-256-4144 |
| Party name: The National Republican Redistricting Trust | ||
| Deepak Gupta Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com | (202) 888-1741 |
| Party name: Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students | ||
| Benjamin Noah Gutman Counsel of Record | State of Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301 benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us | 503-378-4402 |
| Party name: States of Oregon, et al. | ||
| Kyle Douglas Hawkins Counsel of Record | Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 kyle.hawkins@oag.texas.gov | 5129361700 |
| Party name: States of Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah | ||
| David Edward Leit Counsel of Record | Lowenstein Sandler, LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, NJ 07068 dleit@lowenstein.com | 9735972340 |
| Party name: Anti-Defamation League, et al. | ||
| Justin Michael Levitt Counsel of Record | Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 justin.levitt@lls.edu | 213-736-7417 |
| Party name: NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC | ||
| Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com | 2123262000 |
| Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law | ||
| Adam Karl Mortara Counsel of Record | Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP 54 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60654 adam.mortara@bartlit-beck.com | 7737507154 |
| Party name: The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly | ||
| Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com | 202-662-5435 |
| Party name: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse | ||
| Burt Neuborne Counsel of Record | Burt Neuborne 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 burt.neuborne@nyu.edu | (212) 998-6172 |
| Party name: BRIEF OF COLLEAGUES OF PROFESSOR NORMAN DORSEN | ||
| Joseph M. Nixon Counsel of Record | The Nixon Law Firm P.C. 6363 Woodway suite 800 Houston, TX 77057 joe@nixonlawtx.com | 713-55-7535 |
| Party name: Honorable Carl Isset | ||
| David Orentlicher Counsel of Record | UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 451003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003 dorentli@gmail.com | 702-895-2333 |
| Party name: David Orentlicher | ||
| Mark Alexander Packman Counsel of Record | Gilbert LLP 1100 New York Avenue NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 packmanm@gilbertlegal.com | 202-772-2320 |
| Party name: Professors Christopher S. Elmendorf, Joseph Fishkin, Bertrall Ross, Douglas Spencer, and Franita Tolson | ||
| John Joseph Park Jr. Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jack Park 616-B Green Street Gainesville, GA 30501 jjp@jackparklaw.com | 470-892-6444 |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union and Southeastern Legal Foundation | ||
| Gary Michael Parsons Jr. Counsel of Record | 245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 michael.parsons@nyu.edu | 212-992-8196 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. | ||
| Bradley S. Phillips Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP 350 South Grand Avenue 50th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 brad.phillips@mto.com | 213-683-9100 |
| Party name: FIRST AMENDMENT AND ELECTION LAW SCHOLARS | ||
| Kaylan Lytle Phillips Counsel of Record | Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E. Washington, Suite 1675 Indianapolis,, IN 46204 kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org | 3172035599 |
| Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation | ||
| Robert D. Popper Counsel of Record | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 rpopper@judicialwatch.org | 202-646-5172 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and AEF | ||
| H. Jefferson Powell Counsel of Record | Duke Law School 210 Science Drive Durham, NC 27708-0360 jefferson.powell01@gmail.com | 9196137168 |
| Party name: First Amendment Clinic Duke Law School | ||
| Donald Theodore Rave III Counsel of Record | University of Houston Law Center 2402 Calhoun Rd. Room 142 BLB Houston, TX 77204 teddy.rave@gmail.com | 713-743-2499 |
| Party name: Professor D. Theodore Rave | ||
| Richard A. Rosen Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 rrosen@paulweiss.com | 212-373-3000 |
| Party name: THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | 212-506-5380 |
| Party name: Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie | ||
| James Paul Rouhandeh Counsel of Record | Davis Polk and Wardwell 450 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10017 james.rouhandeh@davispolk.com | 212-450-4000 |
| Party name: Professor Michael Kang | ||
| David Abba Schwarz Counsel of Record | Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 dschwarz@irell.com | 310-277-1010 |
| Party name: GOVERNORS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND LAWRENCE JOSEPH HOGAN JR. | ||
| Brian Adair Sutherland Counsel of Record | Reed Smith, LLP 101 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 bsutherland@reedsmith.com | 4156594843 |
| Party name: Political Science Professors Allison P. Harris, et al. | ||
| Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jt@hvjt.law | 540 341 8808 |
| Party name: The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Sanders LLP One North Wacker Drive Suite 2905 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com | 312-759-5947 |
| Party name: Members of Congress from the North Carolina Delegation | ||
| Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6800 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives | ||
| H. Reed Witherby Counsel of Record | Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo, LLP 101 Federal Street, Suite 1405 Boston, MA 02110-1817 rwitherby@smithduggan.com | 617.216.6930 |
| Party name: Eric S. Lander | ||
| Jonathan K. Youngwood Counsel of Record | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 JYoungwood@STBLAW.com | 2124552000 |
| Party name: Democracy North Carolina and The People's Alliance Fund | ||