Pending Redistricting Litigation:
(Courtesy of The Ohio State University- Mortiz College of Law: Election Law @ Mortiz )
New York:
Favors v. Cuomo
EL@M Case Page
Date Filed: 11/17/11
State: New York
Topic(s): Redistricting
Current Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Case Issue:
Whether New York's redistricting procedure violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment, among other provisions.
Latest Status:
Complaint filed 11/17/11. Motion to Dismiss Denied 5/16/12. Answer to Cross Claim filed 6/18/12. Summary Judgment Motion Pending.
Ohio:
State ex rel Voters First v. The Ohio Ballot Board
Date Filed: 8/23/12
State: Ohio
Current Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Whether the language adopted by the Ohio Ballot Board for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution on legislative redistricting should be declared invalid.
Complaint filed 8/23/12. Answer filed 8/24/12.
Wilson v. Kasich
Date Filed: 1/4/12
Whether the Ohio Apportionment Board violated Article XI of the Ohio Constitution in its reapportionment of the Ohio General Assembly.
Complaint filed 1/04/12. Answers filed 1/17/12. Relators' merit brief filed 1/23/12. Secretary of State Husted's merit brief filed 1/30/12. Merit brief of Governor Kasich, Senate President Niehaus, and Auditor Yost filed 1/30/12. Oral argument held 4/24/12.
Texas:
Texas v. United States
Date Filed: 7/19/11
State: Texas
Current Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Whether Texas' Recently Enacted Redistricting Plans Violate Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Trial commenced 1/17/12. Post-trial briefs filed 2/6/12 and 2/7/12. Opinion issued 8/28/12. Notice of appeal to U.S. Supreme Court filed 8/31/12.
Perez v. Texas
Date Filed: 5/9/11
Topic(s): Redistricting, Vote Dilution
Current Court: US District Court for the Western District of Texas
Whether Texas' redistricting plan violates the Constitution because it does not make a good faith effort to maintain population equality and treats inmates as residents of the counties in which they are incarcerated.
District Court adopted interim redistricting plan on 11/26/11. U.S. Supreme Court stayed District Court's order pending oral argument scheduled 1/9/11. Election Scheduling Order filed 3/19/12
Davis v. Perry
Date Filed: 9/22/11
Current Court: United States Court for the Western District of Texas
Whether Texas' State Senate Redistricting Plan violates the Voting Rights Act.
District Court adopted interim redistricting plan on 11/26/11. U.S. Supreme Court stayed District Court order pending oral argument scheduled 1/9/12. Supreme Court opinion filed 1/20/12. District Court Order Entering a Redistricting Plan 3/1/12.