No. 24-109
Vide 24-110
 
Title: Louisiana, Appellant
v.
Phillip Callais, et al.
Docketed: August 1, 2024
Linked with: 23A1142
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
 
Proceedings and Orders
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.
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Jun 18 2024 Response to application from respondents Phillip Callais, et al. filed.
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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)
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Aug 01 2024 Letter pursuant to Rule 18.2 from Nancy Landry, Secretary of State of Louisiana, received.
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Sep 03 2024 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 03 2024 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Phillip Callais, et al.
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Sep 03 2024 Brief amici curiae of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. filed.
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Sep 17 2024 Brief opposing motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellant Louisiana. (Distributed)
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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.
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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)
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Dec 02 2024 Response to motion to intervene from appellees Phillip Callais, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Dec 05 2024 Reply of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. in support of motion to intervene filed. VIDED.
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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).
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Dec 19 2024 Brief of appellants Press Robinson, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 19 2024 Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) VIDED.
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.
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Dec 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Dec 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Independent State Redistricting Commissioners in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Dec 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Race and Democracy Scholars in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Faith Leaders in Congressional District 6 filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of Edward Galmon, Sr., et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, State of New York, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of MHA Nation, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of Representatives Troy Carter, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED.
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Dec 26 2024 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Historians filed. VIDED.
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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.)
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Jan 16 2025 Motion for divided argument filed by appellants. VIDED.
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Jan 21 2025 Brief of appellees Phillip Callais, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jan 24 2025 Letter of the Acting Solicitor General on behalf of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. VIDED.
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Jan 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jan 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jan 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Georgia House Of Representatives Speaker Jon Burns, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jan 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Congressional Committee filed. VIDED.
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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)
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Feb 20 2025 Reply of appellant Louisiana filed. (Distributed) (as to 24-109)
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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.
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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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga
Counsel of Record
Louisiana Department of Justice
1885 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

aguinagaB@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-506-3746
Party name: Louisiana


Stuart Charles Naifeh
Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
40 Rector St
5th Flr
New York, NY 10006

SNAIFEH@NAACPLDF.ORG
Ph: 2129652200
Party name: Press Robinson, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Edward Dean Greim
Counsel of Record
Graves Garrett LLC
1100 Main Street, Suite 2700
Kansas City, MO 64105

edgreim@gravesgarrett.com
Ph: 816-256-3181
Party name: Phillip Callais, et al.


Phillip John Strach
Counsel of Record
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
301 Hillsborough Street, Suite 1400
Raleigh, NC 27603

phil.strach@nelsonmullins.com
Ph: (919) 329-3800
Party name: Nancy Landry, the Secretary of State of Louisiana


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Pooja Chaudhuri
Counsel of Record
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1500 K St., N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

pchaudhuri@lawyerscommittee.org
Ph: 4157261414
Party name: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, AAJC, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, League of Women Voters of the United States, and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights


Michael B. de Leeuw
Counsel of Record
Cozen O'Connor
Three World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street, 55th Floor
New York, NY 10007

mdeleeuw@cozen.com
Ph: (212) 509-9400
Party name: Faith Leaders in Congressional District 6


John Ernest Echohawk
Counsel of Record
Native American Rights Fund
250 Arapahoe Ave.
Boulder, CO 80302

jechohwk@narf.org
Ph: 303-447-8760
Party name: MHA Nation, Lisa Finley-Deville, and Cesar Alvarez


John Arak Freedman
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
601 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

JOHN.FREEDMAN@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: 202-942-5316
Party name: Independent State Redistricting Commissioners


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: Constitutional Accountability Center


Abha Khanna
Counsel of Record
Elias Law Group LLP
1700 Seventh Ave
Suite 2100
Seattle, WA 98101

AKHANNA@ELIAS.LAW
Ph: 206-656-0177
Party name: Edward Galmon, Sr., Cierra Hart, Norris Henderson, Tramelle Howard, and Ross Williams


Hilary Harris Klein
Counsel of Record
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
PO Box 51280
Durham, NC 27717

hilaryhklein@scsj.org
Ph: 6105745244
Party name: Louisiana Historians


Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130

EDMUND.LACOUR@ALABAMAAG.GOV
Ph: 334-242-7300
Party name: Alabama, et al.


Angela Marie Liu
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

angela.liu@dechert.com
Ph: 212-698-3678
Party name: Race and Democracy Scholars


Jonathan B. Miller
Counsel of Record
Public Rights Project
490 43rd Street, Unit #115
Oakland, CA 94609

JON@PUBLICRIGHTSPROJECT.ORG
Ph: (510) 738-6788
Party name: Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Project on Fair Representation


T. Russell Nobile
Counsel of Record
Judicial Watch, Inc.
P.O. Box 6592
Gulfport, Mississippi , MS 39506

Rnobile@judicialwatch.org
Ph: (202) 527-9866
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.


John Michael Reeves Jr.
Counsel of Record
Reeves Law LLC
7733 Forsyth Blvd.
Suite 1100 - #1192
St. Louis, MO 63105

reeves@appealsfirm.com
Ph: 314-775-6985
Party name: National Republican Congressional Committee


Bernadette Samson Reyes
Counsel of Record
UCLA Voting Rights Project
3250 Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095

bernadette@uclavrp.org
Ph: 310-400-6019
Party name: National Congress of American Indians


LaRue Lawrence Robinson
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
300 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60654

lrobinson@willkie.com
Ph: 3127289022
Party name: Representatives Troy Carter, Terri Sewell, Bennie Thompson, and Valerie Foushee


Bryan Paul Tyson
Counsel of Record
Clark Hill PLC
3630 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite 550
Atlanta, GA 30326

btyson@clarkhill.com
Ph: 6783704377
Party name: Georgia House Of Representatives Speaker Jon Burns, House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration, And House Majority Whip James Burchett; And Lt. Governor And President Of The State Senate Burt Jones, Senate President Pro Tem John F. Kennedy, And Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch


Caroline Sage Van Zile
Counsel of Record
Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Office of the Solicitor General
400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001

caroline.vanzile@dc.gov
Ph: (202) 724-6609
Party name: District of Columbia, State of New York, et al.