| No. 24-109 Vide 24-110 |
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| Title: |
Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al. |
| Docketed: | August 1, 2024 |
| Linked with: | 23A1142, 25A343 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana |
| Case Numbers: | (3:24-cv-00122-DCJ-CES-RRS) |
| Decision Date: | April 30, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Jun 18 2024 | Application (23A1142) to extend the time to file a jurisdictional statement on appeal from June 30, 2024 to August 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito. Main Document Other Proof of Service |
| Jun 18 2024 | Response to application from respondents Phillip Callais, et al. filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Jun 24 2024 | Application (23A1142) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 30, 2024. |
| Jul 30 2024 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due September 3, 2024) Jurisdictional Statement Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 01 2024 | Letter pursuant to Rule 18.2 from Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana, received. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 03 2024 | Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Phillip Callais, et al. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. filed. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 17 2024 | Brief opposing motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellant Louisiana. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 18 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024. |
| Oct 15 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024. |
| Oct 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024. |
| Nov 04 2024 | PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. Probable jurisdiction is noted in No. 24-110. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Nov 04 2024 | 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. 24-109. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-109. 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 filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Nov 20 2024 | Motion for leave to intervene filed by Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 02 2024 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| Dec 02 2024 | Response to motion to intervene from appellant Louisiana filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 02 2024 | Response to motion to intervene from appellees Phillip Callais, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 05 2024 | Reply of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. in support of motion to intervene filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 09 2024 | Motion for leave to intervene filed by Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. DENIED. VIDED. |
| Dec 19 2024 | Brief of appellant Louisiana filed (as to 24-109). Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Dec 19 2024 | Brief of appellants Press Robinson, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Dec 19 2024 | Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) VIDED. Main Document Main Document |
| Dec 20 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Independent State Redistricting Commissioners in support of neither party filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Certificate of Word Count |
| Dec 24 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Race and Democracy Scholars in support of neither party filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Faith Leaders in Congressional District 6 filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of MHA Nation, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Representative Troy Carter, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Historians filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 16 2025 | Motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed by the Solicitor General. VIDED. (Jan. 24, 2025 - Motion withdrawn by Acting Solicitor General.) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Jan 16 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by appellants. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Jan 21 2025 | Brief of appellees Phillip Callais, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Jan 24 2025 | Letter of the Acting Solicitor General on behalf of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document |
| Jan 27 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Georgia House Of Representatives Speaker Jon Burns, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 10 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 24, 2025. VIDED. |
| Feb 11 2025 | Record requested from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. |
| Feb 19 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 20 2025 | Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and available with the Clerk. |
| Feb 20 2025 | Reply of appellants Press Robinson, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Feb 20 2025 | Reply of appellant Louisiana filed. (Distributed) (as to 24-109) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Feb 24 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by appellants GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Mar 21 2025 | Letter of appellee Nancy Landry, the Secretary of State of Louisiana filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Mar 24 2025 | Argued. For appellant in 24-109: J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La. For appellants in 24-110: Stuart C. Naifeh, New York, N. Y. For appellees: Edward D. Greim, Kansas City, Mo. VIDED. |
| Jun 27 2025 | These cases are restored to the calendar for reargument. In due course, the Court will issue an order scheduling argument and specifying any additional questions to be addressed in supplemental briefing. Justice Thomas, dissenting (Detached Opinion). VIDED. |
| Aug 01 2025 | The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36—38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court’s Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court’s Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental briefs. VIDED. |
| Aug 12 2025 | SET FOR REARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. VIDED. |
| Aug 27 2025 | Supplemental brief of appellant Louisiana in support of affirmance filed (as to 24-109). Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 27 2025 | Supplemental brief of appellants Press Robinson, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 02 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 02 2025 | Amici brief of National Conference of Black Lawyers, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 5, 2025) |
| Sep 02 2025 | Brief amici curiae of National Conference of Black Lawyers, et al. filed. VIDED. (Corrected) (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 02 2025 | Motion of appellant Louisiana for divided argument submitted. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Historians filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Representative Troy Carter, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Republican Members of Congress filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Navajo Nation in support of neither party filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Ellen D. Katz, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Milligan Plaintiffs filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Independent State Redistricting Commissioners in support of neither party filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Travis Crum filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Southern Poverty Law Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Mathematics and Computer-Science Professors in support on neither party filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor W. Kerrel Murray in support of neither party filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos in support of neither party filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 03 2025 | Amicus brief of Governor Jeff Landry not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 10, 2025) |
| Sep 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Governor Jeff Landry filed. VIDED. (Corrected) (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 05 2025 | Letter of Louisiana withdrawing motion for divided reargument filed. VIDED. Main Document |
| Sep 08 2025 | Motion of Edward Galmon, Sr., Cierra Hart, Norris Henderson, Tramelle Howard, and Ross Williams for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 17 2025 | Supplemental brief of appellee Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana filed (as to 24-109). (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 17 2025 | Supplemental brief of appellees Phillip Callais, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 18 2025 | Motion to Strike and Application to Exceed Word Limit of Press Robinson, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 23, 2025) |
| Sep 18 2025 | Application (25A343) of appellants Press Robinson, et al. for leave to file a supplemental reply brief in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Alito. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 19 2025 | Motion to strike brief of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana filed by appellants Press Robinson, et al. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service Other |
| Sep 23 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 23 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Election Confidence filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Motion for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed by appellee Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of The Town of Newburgh filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Missouri filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Response of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana to motion to strike brief filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Response of Phillip Callais, et al. to motions for divided argument of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana and of the Solicitor General filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Letter of Louisiana filed. VIDED. Main Document |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Lincoln Club of Orange County, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 24 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor James F. Blumstein filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Sep 25 2025 | Letter of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 29 2025 | Application (25A343) granted by Justice Alito for leave to file a supplemental reply brief in excess of the word limit. The brief shall not exceed 12,000 words. |
| Sep 30 2025 | Motion to strike brief of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana DENIED. VIDED. |
| Sep 30 2025 | Motion of Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument DENIED. VIDED. |
| Sep 30 2025 | Motion of Edward Galmon, Sr., Cierra Hart, Norris Henderson, Tramelle Howard, and Ross Williams for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. VIDED. |
| Sep 30 2025 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Oct 03 2025 | Supplemental reply brief of appellants Press Robinson, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Oct 03 2025 | Supplemental reply of appellant Louisiana filed. (as to 24-109) (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Oct 15 2025 | Argued. For appellants Press Robinson, et al.: Janai Nelson, New York, N. Y. For appellant Louisiana: J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La. For appellees: Edward D. Greim, Kansas City, Mo. For United States, as amicus curiae, in support of appellees: Hashim M. Mooppan, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |