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Docket for 21-1086

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No. 21-1086 Vide 21-1087
Title:	Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Appellants v. Evan Milligan, et al.
Docketed:	February 7, 2022
Linked with 21A375, 21A493, 21A869, 21A871, 22A82
Lower Ct:	United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Case Numbers:	(2:21-cv-1530)
Decision Date:	January 24, 2022
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jan 28 2022	Application (21A375) for a stay or injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Jan 28 2022	Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 9, 2022)
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Jan 28 2022	Response to application (21A375) requested by Justice Thomas, due by noon on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.

Jan 31 2022	Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Louisiana, et al. VIDED.
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Jan 31 2022	Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by John Wahl, Chairman, Alabama State Republican Executive Committee.
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Feb 01 2022	Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by The National Republican Redistricting Trust.
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Feb 01 2022	Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by United States Representatives from Alabama. VIDED.
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Feb 01 2022	Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Alabama Center for Law and Liberty. VIDED.
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Feb 02 2022	Response to application from respondents Evan Milligan, et al. filed.
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Feb 02 2022	Reply of applicants John Merrill, et al. filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Application (21A375) referred to the Court.

Feb 07 2022	Application (21A375) granted by the Court. The application is treated as a jurisdictional statement (No. 21-1086), and probable jurisdiction is noted. The district court's January 24, 2022 preliminary injunction in No. 2:21-cv-1530 is stayed pending further order of the Court. Justice Kavanaugh, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). The Chief Justice dissenting from grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). Justice Kagan, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Sotomayor join, dissenting from grant of applications for stays. (Detached opinion).

Feb 22 2022	This case is consolidated with No. 21-1087, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The question presented in these cases is: Whether the District Courts in these cases correctly found a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301.

Feb 22 2022	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. 21-1086. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 21-1086. 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.”

Mar 01 2022	Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits. VIDED.
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Mar 04 2022	Motion to modify or amend the question presented filed by appellees and respondents. VIDED.
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Mar 08 2022	Joint motion of the parties to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, appellants', and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including April 25, 2022. The time to file appellees' and respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including July 11, 2022. VIDED.

Mar 08 2022	Application (21A493) of appellants/petitioners for leave to file consolidated opening and reply briefs on the merits, submitted to Justice Thomas. VIDED.
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Mar 08 2022	Response of appellants and petitioners to the motion to modify or amend the question presented filed. VIDED.
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Mar 14 2022	Application (21A493) granted by Justice Thomas for leave to file consolidated opening and reply briefs on the merits provided that the opening brief does not exceed 18,000 words and the reply brief does not exceed 10,000 words. VIDED.

Mar 21 2022	Upon consideration of the motion to modify or amend the question presented, the question presented in these cases is amended as follows: Whether the State of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301. VIDED.

Mar 30 2022	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Marcus Caster, et al.
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Mar 30 2022	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Evan Milligan, et al.
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Mar 31 2022	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al.
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Apr 25 2022	Joint appendix filed (three volumes). VIDED. (Statement of costs filed)
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Apr 25 2022	Brief of appellants/petitioners John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Apr 29 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Apr 29 2022	Brief amici curiae of Senator John Braun, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Apr 29 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of The National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of John Wahl, Chairman, Alabama State Republican Executive Committee filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Singleton Plaintiffs in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers Democracy Fund filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amici curiae of The State of Louisiana, et al filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amici curiae of United States Representatives from Alabama filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal filed. VIDED.
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May 02 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Coastal Alabama Partnership filed. VIDED.
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Jun 14 2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 4, 2022. VIDED.

Jun 22 2022	Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of Birmingham, Alabama.

Jun 24 2022	Application of Milligan, et al. (21A869) to file appellees' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Jun 24 2022	Application (21A871) of Caster, et al. to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Jun 30 2022	Application (21A869) for leave to file appellees brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted by Justice Thomas.

Jul 01 2022	Application (21A871) to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted by Justice Thomas.

Jul 11 2022	Brief of respondents Marcus Caster, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jul 11 2022	Brief of appellees Evan Milligan, et al. filed (in 21-1086).
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Senators and Congressional Staff Member-Supporters of the 1982 Voting Rights Act Amendments and 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Alabama Historians filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Professors Jowei Chen, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, and Christopher S. Warshaw filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Computational Redistricting Experts filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Republican Former Governors filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Travis Crum filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Representative Terri Sewell, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Local Governments filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Voting Rights Practitioners filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of U.W. Clemon, Fred D. Gray, Henry Sanders, the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, and Social Science Professors filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of UCLA Social Scientists filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of The Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jul 18 2022	Motion for divided argument filed by appellees and respondents. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed. VIDED.
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jul 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Press Robinson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jul 21 2022	CIRCULATED

Jul 22 2022	Application (22A82) to extend the time to file appellants/petitioners consolidated reply brief on the merits from August 10, 2022 to August 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas. VIDED.
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Jul 29 2022	Application (22A82) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file appellants'/petitioners' consolidated reply brief on the merits until August 24, 2022. VIDED.

Aug 22 2022	Motion for divided argument filed by appellees and respondents GRANTED. VIDED.

Aug 22 2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED. VIDED.

Aug 24 2022	Reply of appellants/petitioners John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Oct 04 2022	Argued. For appellants/petitioners: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. For appellees: Deuel Ross, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Abha Khanna, Seattle, Wash. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting appellees/respondents: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED.

Jan 26 2023	Notification regarding substitution of party pursuant to S. Ct. R. 35.3 filed. VIDED.
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NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Appellants
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36130 edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov	334-242-7300
Party name: Wes Allenl, Alabama Secretary of State, et al.
Jeffrey Matthew Harris	Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 jeff@consovoymccarthy.com	202-321-4120
Party name: Wes Allenl, Alabama Secretary of State, et al.
Attorneys for Appellees
Abha Khanna	Elias Law Group LLP 1700 Seventh Ave Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98101 akhanna@elias.law	206-656-0177
Party name: Marcus Caster, et al.
Deuel Ross	NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 700 14th Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 dross@naacpldf.org	212-965-7712
Party name: Evan Milligan, et al.
Other
Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record	United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Debo P. Adegbile Counsel of Record	Wilmer Hale Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Debo.Adegbile@wilmerhale.com	212-295-6717
Party name: Voting Rights Practitioners
Bradley Alan Benbrook Counsel of Record	Benbrook Law Group 701 University Avenue, Suite 106 Sacramento, CA 95825 brad@benbrooklawgroup.com	9164474900
Party name: Citizens United, et al.
Jonathan Andrew Berry Counsel of Record	Boyden Gray & Associates 801 17th St. NW Suite 350 Washington, DC 20006 berry@boydengrayassociates.com	2029550620
Party name: Project on Fair Representation
James Uriah Blacksher Counsel of Record	825 Linwood Road Birmingham, AL 35222 jublacksher@gmail.com	2056123752
Party name: Singleton Plaintiffs
Efrem M. Braden Counsel of Record	Baker & Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com	(202) 861-1711
Party name: Lawyers Democracy Fund
Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record	Alabama Center for Law and Liberty 2213 Morris Ave. Floor 1 Birmingham, AL 35203 matt@alabamalawandliberty.org	256-510-1828
Party name: Alabama Center for Law and Liberty
Jacqueline Diana De Leon Counsel of Record	Native American Rights Fund 1506 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302 JDeLeon@narf.org	3034478760
Party name: National Congress of American Indians
Chad Wilson Dunn Counsel of Record	UCLA Voting Rights Project 3250 Public Affairs Building Los Angeles, CA 90095 chad@uclavrp.org	310-400-6019
Party name: UCLA Social Scientists
Roy T. Englert Jr. Counsel of Record	Kramer Levin Robbins Russell 2000 K Street NW 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 renglert@kramerlevin.com	2027754503
Party name: Alabama Historians
Mark Peter Gaber Counsel of Record	Campaign Legal Center 1101 14th Street NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 mgaber@campaignlegal.org	202-736-2200
Party name: Campaign Legal Center
Noah Nehemiah Gillespie Counsel of Record	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 901 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 noah.gillespie@srz.com	202-729-7483
Party name: The Southern Poverty Law Center, The League of Women Voters of Alabama, The League Of Women Voters of The United States, and Stand-Up Mobile
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
Jeffrey T. Green Counsel of Record	Sidley Austin 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 jgreen@sidley.com	202 736 8291
Party name: U.W. Clemon, Fred D. Gray, Henry Sanders, the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, and Social Science Professors
Jon 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, et al.
Ruth Merewyn Greenwood Counsel of Record	Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School 6 Everett St, Suite 4105 Cambridge, MA 02138 rgreenwood@law.harvard.edu	6174960222
Party name: Professors Jowei Chen, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, and Christopher S. Warshaw
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record	Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 khartnett@cooley.com	(415) 693-2000
Party name: Republican Former Governors
Jonathon Paul Hauenschild Counsel of Record	American Legislative Exchange Council 2900 Crystal Dr., Ste. 600 Arlington, VA 22202 jhauenschild@alec.org	7033730933
Party name: American Legislative Exchange Council
Sam Hirsch Counsel of Record	Jenner & Block, LLC 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 SHirsch@jenner.com	202-637-6000
Party name: Computational Redistricting Experts
Jonathan Hillel Hurwitz Counsel of Record	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 jhurwitz@paulweiss.com	(212) 373-3254
Party name: Press Robinson, Edgar Cage, Dorothy Nairne, Alice Washington, Clee Earnest Lowe, Davante Lewis, Martha Davis, Ambrose Sims, NAACP Louisiana State Conference, and Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
Albert Linch Jordan Counsel of Record	Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC 800 Shades Creek Parkway Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 35209 bjordan@wallacejordan.com	205-874-0305
Party name: John Wahl, Chairman, Alabama State Republican Executive Committee
Jeffrey Paul Justman Counsel of Record	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 jeff.justman@faegredrinker.com	6127667133
Party name: Bipartisan Group of Senators and Congressional Staff Member-Supporters of the 1982 Voting Rights Act Amendments and 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization
Rebecca Jane Livengood Counsel of Record	Relman Colfax PLLC 1225 19th St NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 rlivengood@relmanlaw.com	202-728-1888
Party name: The Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, et al.
Christopher Ernest Mills Counsel of Record	Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law	8436060640
Party name: United States Representatives from Alabama
Christopher Ernest Mills Counsel of Record	Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law	8436060640
Party name: America First Legal
Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov	225-326-6766
Party name: The State of Louisiana, et al
John Cowles Neiman Jr. Counsel of Record	Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 jneiman@maynardcooper.com	2052541228
Party name: Coastal Alabama Partnership
David A. O'Neil Counsel of Record	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 801 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. – Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 daoneil@debevoise.com	(202) 383-8000
Party name: The Brennan Center for Justice
Demian Alexander Ordway Counsel of Record	Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP 425 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10017 dordway@hsgllp.com	646-837-5151
Party name: Professor Travis Crum
Joseph Russell Palmore Counsel of Record	Morrison & Foerster LLP 2100 L Street, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20037 jpalmore@mofo.com	202-887-6940
Party name: Local Governments
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
John Paul Schnapper-Casteras Counsel of Record	Schnapper-Casteras PLLC 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 jpsc@schnappercasteras.com	2026303644
Party name: Representative Terri Sewell et al.
Charles Robert Spies Counsel of Record	Dickinson Wright PLLC 1825 Eye Street NW STE 900 Washington, DC 20006 cspies@dickinsonwright.com	202-466-5964
Party name: Senator John Braun, Leader of the Washington Senate Republican Caucus, et al.
Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 jtorchinsky@holtzmanvogel.com	540 341 8808
Party name: The National Republican Redistricting Trust
Reginald M. Turner Counsel of Record	American Bar Association 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org	312-988-5000
Party name: American Bar Association
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	(202) 724-6609
Party name: District of Columbia
David Alan Warrington Counsel of Record	Dhillon Law Group, Inc. 2121 Eisenhower Avenue Suite 402 Alexandria, VA 22314 dwarrington@dhillonlaw.com	7035741206
Party name: Republican National Committee