Last Updated: May 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM
League of Women Voters of Illinois v. Quinn
Case Information
Date Filed: September 1, 2011
State: Illinois
Issue: Redistricting
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Case 1:11-cv-05569); Supreme Court of the United States (Case 11-943)
Issue:
Whether Illinois' redistricting plan violates the First Amendment guarantee of free expression.
Status:
Complaint filed 9/01/11. Motion to Dismiss Granted 10/28/11. Summary Affirmance by Supreme Court 5/21/12.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 9/01/11) - First Amended Complaint (filed
9/01/11)
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (filed
9/08/11)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to
Dismiss (filed 9/08/11)
- Plaintiff's Opposition to
Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/23/11)
- Reply in Support of Motion to
Dismiss (filed 9/30/11)
- Order Granting Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/28/11)
- Judgment Entered (filed
10/28/11)
- Motion to Reconsider (filed
11/10/11)
- Motion to Reconsider Denied (11/16/11)
- Notice of Appeal (filed 11/28/11)
- Transmission of Appeal (filed
12/06/11)
- Letter Informing of Appeals Docket Number (filed 1/27/12)
Supreme Court Documents
- Statement of
Jurisdiction (filed 1/27/12)
- Motion to Affirm filed by Governor Pat Quinn (filed 4/19/12)
- Reply (filed 4/30/12)
- Summary Affirmance (5/21/12)
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Commentary
Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.
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