Last Updated: April 4, 2016 at 12:40 PM

Evenwel v. Abbott

Case Information

Date Filed: April 21, 2014
State: Texas
Issue: Redistricting
Courts that Heard this Case: US District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division (Case A-14-CV-335-LY-CH-MHS); U.S. Supreme Court (Case 14-940)

Issue:

Whether PLANS172, the official Texas districting plan, violates the one-person, one-vote principle of the Equal Protection Clause by not apportioning districts to equalize both total population and voter population.

Status:

District Court Opinion filed on 11/05/14. Probable jurisdiction noted by Supreme Court 5/26/15. Appellants' brief filed 7/31/15. Appellees' brief filed 9/18/15. Appellants' Reply Brief filed 10/19/15. Opinion filed 4/4/16.

 

District Court Documents

• Opinion (filed 11/05/14)

Supreme Court Documents

• Statement as to Jurisdiction (filed 2/02/15)
• Supplemental Appendix of Sue Evenwel, et al., Appellants (filed 2/02/15)
• Consent to the Filing of Amicus Curiae Briefs from Appellants (filed 2/17/15)
• Order Extending Time to File Response to Jurisdictional Statement (filed 2/20/15)
• Consent to the Filing of Amicus Curiae Briefs from Appellees (filed 2/27/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of American Civil Rights Union (filed 3/02/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Cato Institute, et al. (filed 3/05/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Tennessee State Legislators and The Judicial Education Project (filed 3/06/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation (filed 3/06/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation (filed 3/06/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. (filed 3/06/15)
• Appellees' Motion to Dismiss or Affirm (filed 4/06/15)
• Appellants' Reply (filed 4/20/15)
• Probable Jurisdiction Noted (see bottom of page 1) (filed 5/26/15)
• Brief for Appellants (filed 7/31/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of American Civil Rights Union (filed 8/05/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Project 21 (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Tennessee State Legislators and The Judicial Education Project (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Cato Institute and Reason Foundation (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Demographers Peter A. Morrison, et al. (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amici Curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of Yakima, Washington (filed 8/07/15)
• Brief of Appellees (filed 9/18/15)
• Amicus Brief of Nathaniel Persily, Bernard Grofman, Stephen Ansolabehere, Charles Stewart III, and Bruce E. Cain (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Brennan Center (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Former U.S. Census Bureau Directors (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) et al (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of 21 State Attorneys General (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of New York City (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Texas Senators (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of NAACP Legal Defense Fund (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Democratic National Committee (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Common Cause (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Harris County (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Constitutional Accountability Center (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of ACLU (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles and 17 Other Cities and Urban Areas (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Chilren's Defense Fund et al (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Hawaii Reapportionment Case Plaintiffs (filed 9/25/15)
• Amicus Brief of Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly (filed 9/25/15)
• Appellants' Reply Brief (filed 10/19/15)
• Opinion (filed 4/4/16)