Last Updated: September 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM
State ex rel Voters First v. The Ohio Ballot Board
Case Information
Date Filed: August 23, 2012
State: Ohio
Issue: Redistricting
Courts that Heard this Case: Supreme Court of Ohio (Case 12-1443)
Issue:
Whether the language adopted by the Ohio Ballot Board for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Consitution on legislative redistricting should be declared invalid.
Status:
Complaint filed 8/23/12. Answer filed 8/24/12. Slip opinion issued 9/12/12.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 8/23/12) - Answer (filed 8/24/12)
- Relators' Merit Brief (filed 8/27/12)
- Evidence of Relators (filed 8/27/12)
- Evidence of Respondents (filed 8/30/12)
- Respondents' Merit Brief (filed 8/30/12)
- Relators' Reply Brief (filed 8/31/12)
- Slip Opinion (filed 9/12/12)
- Entry Granting Writ of Mandamus (filed 9/12/12)
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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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