Texas Redistricting
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on December 12, 2005 to hear challenges to the Texas congressional redistricting plan passed in 2003.

Below are links to the documents currently before the Court in this case.

The Court consolidated four appeals from a three-judge federal district court's ruling that had upheld the map against all challenges.  The Court held a two-hour oral argument on March 1, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The cases are League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 05-204; Travis County v. Perry, 05-254; Jackson v. Perry, 05-276; and GI Forum of Texas v. Perry, 05-439.

Jenner & Block Partners Paul M. Smith and Sam Hirsch represent the Jackson appellants, a group of Democratic voters and officeholders who allege that the map violates the Constitution because the Texas Legislature redrew a lawful districting plan in the middle of the decade, for the sole purpose of maximizing partisan advantage.  The Jackson appellants also contend that the 2003 plan dilutes African-American voting strength in and around Fort Worth, in violation of the Voting Rights Act, and that the map's South Texas districts are excessively race-driven, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.

The Court's decision and other documents in Vieth v. Jubelirer, a 2004 case also concerning congressional redistricting, is available by clicking here.

Summer 2006 Remedial Proceedings on Remand

Order Setting Oral Argument (6/29/06) Order Directing Parties to Tender Courtesy Copies (7/10/06) Motion For Leave to Participate as an Amicus Curiae Pro Se (7/12/06) Application for Leave to File Petition in Intervention (7/13/06)

Petition in Intervention (7/13/06)

Remedial Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs (7/14/06)

Remedial Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit A (7/14/06)

Remedial Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit B (7/14/06)

Trial Brief in Support of a Remedial Order by GI Forum of Texas (7/14/06)

Trial Brief in Support of a Remedial Order by American GI Forum of Texas - Exhibit 1 (7/14/06)

Trial Brief in Support of a Remedial Order by American GI Forum of Texas - Exhibit 2 (7/14/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Amended Response Brief on Remedy (7/21/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Response Brief - Exhibit 1 (7/14/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Response Brief - Exhibit 2 (7/14/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Response Brief - Exhibit 3 (7/14/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Response Brief - Exhibit 4 (7/14/06)

Notice by Texas Coalition of Black Democrats Plan (7/14/06)

Notice by Texas Coalition of Black Democrats Plan Report 1 (7/14/06)

Notice by Texas Coalition of Black Democrats Plan Report 2 (7/14/06)

Proposed Remedy By Plaintiff LULAC (7/14/06)

Proposed Remedy By Plaintiff LULAC - Exhibit A (7/14/06)

Proposed Remedy By Plaintiff LULAC - Exhibit B (7/14/06)

Proposed Remedy By Plaintiff LULAC - Exhibit C (7/14/06)

Texas NAACP Brief on Remedial Considerations (7/14/06)

Motion to Intervene and Submission of Proposed Remedial Redistricting Plan by Congressmen Bonilla, Cuellar and Smith (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal of A.J. Pate (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal of A.J. Pate - Maps (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal of A.J. Pate - Statistics (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal of A.J. Pate - Appendix (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Opening Brief in the Remedial Phase (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit C (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit D (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E1 (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E2 (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E2 continued (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E3 (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit E3 continued (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibits E4-7 (7/14/06)

State Defendants' Brief in the Remedial Phase - Exhibit F (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal and Brief of Party Henderson (7/14/06)

Remedial Proposal and Brief of Party Henderson - Exhibit (7/14/06)

Motion of Congresssman Cuellar to Intervent or Appear as Amicus for Written and Oral Comment (7/19/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit A (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit B (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit C (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit D (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit E (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit F (7/21/06)

Remedial Response Brief of the Jackson Plaintiffs - Exhibit G (7/21/06)

Order Granting Motions (7/21/06)

GI Forum Response Brief to Remedial Proposals (7/21/06)

Travis County and the City of Austin's Amended Response Brief on Remedy (7/21/06)

LULAC Reply to Proposed Remedy (7/21/06)

Texas NAACP Response Brief on Remedial Plans (7/21/06)

Memorandum of Congressmen Bonilla and Smith Regarding Proposed Remedial Redistricting Plans (7/21/06)

State Defendants' Response Brief in the Remedial Phase (7/21/06)

Defendant State Democratic Party's Remedial Response Brief (7/21/06)

Memorandum of Congressmen Bonilla and Smith Regarding Amended Bipartisan Compromise Plan (7/25/06)

Motion of Nazirite Ruben Flores Perez to Intervene or in the Alternative to Appear as Amicus for Written Comment (7/26/06)

Memorandum of Intervenor Congressman Cuellar in Support of Amended Bipartisan Compromise Plan (7/27/06)

Notice of Hearing (7/31/06)

Notice of Filing of Letters of Support for Plan 1425(C) (8/2/06)

Second Notice of Filing of Letters of Support for Plan 1425(C) (8/2/06)

Opinion of Remedy (8/4/06)

Order Regarding 2006 Special Elections (8/4/2006)

Order Regarding 2006 Special Elections - Appendix A (8/4/2006)

Order Regarding 2006 Special Elections - Appendix B (8/4/2006)

Order Regarding 2006 Special Elections - Appendix C (8/4/2006)

U.S. Supreme Court Decision

• U.S. Supreme Court Decision (6/28/06)

Parties' Merits Briefs

• Brief For Appellants - Jackson v. Perry (1/10/06)
• Brief for Travis County Appellants - Travis County v. Perry (1/10/06)

Brief for Appellants GI Forum, et al. - GI Forum of Texas v. Perry (1/10/06)

Appellant’s Brief on the Merits - League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (1/10/06)

Brief for the Texas State-Area Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)

Brief For Appellee Charles Soechting in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)

Brief of Appellee Frenchie Henderson in Support of Appellant Travis County, et al. (12/23/05)

State Appellees’ Brief (2/1/06)

Brief of Appellees Tina Benkiser, Chairman, Republican Party Of Texas, and John Denoyelles (2/1/06)

Reply Brief For Appellants - Jackson v. Perry (2/22/06)

Reply Brief for Travis County Appellants - Travis County v. Perry (2/22/06)

Reply Brief for Appellants GI Forum, et al. - GI Forum of Texas v. Perry (2/22/06)

Appellant LULAC’S Reply Brief - League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2/22/06)

Reply Brief of the Texas State-Area Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2/22/06) 

Reply Brief of Appellee Frenchie Henderson in Support of Appellants (2/7/06)

Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Brief After Oral Argument, and Supplemental Brief in Support Of Appellants by Charles Soechting (3/9/06)

Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief After Oral Argument, and Supplemental Brief by Travis County Appellants (3/13/06)

Joint Appendix:

• Volume I
• Volume II
  

Amicus Briefs

• Brief of Amicus Curiae the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1/10/06)
• Brief for Amicus Curiae Fort Worth-Tarrant County Branch NAACP in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief of Samuel Issacharoff, Burt Neuborne, and Richard H. Pildes as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief for Amici Curiae League of Women Voters of the United States and League of Women Voters of Texas in Support of Reversal (1/10/06)
• Brief of Amici Curiae the Reform Institute, Thomas Mann, and Norman Ornstein in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief for the Center for American Progress as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief for Amicus Curiae Neil H. Cogan in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae University Professors Concerned About Equal Representation For Equal Numbers of People in Support of Appellants (1/10/06)
• Brief of Amici Curiae Professors Gary King, Bernard Grofman, Andrew Gelman, and Jonathan N. Katz, in Support of Neither Party (1/10/06)
• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae Ron Wilson in Support of Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief of the Republican National Committee as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Legislative Exchange Council and Free Enterprise Coalition in Support of Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief of Amici Curiae Speaker of The Georgia House of Representatives Glenn Richardson; Speaker Pro Tempore of The Georgia State Senate Eric Johnson; House Majority Leader Jerry Keen; Senate Majority Leader Tommie Williams; and Senator Chip Rogers and Representative Bobby Franklin, Chairmen of The Reapportionment Committees of The Georgia General Assembly in Support of Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae Congressman Henry Bonilla in Support of Appellees (2/1/06)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae Senator Robert C. Jubelirer in Support of Appellees (2/1/06)
• Motion For Leave to File and Brief For Edward Blum, Visiting Fellow at The American Enterprise Institute, and Roger Clegg, President of The Center For Equal Opportunity as Amici Curiae in Opposition to Appellants (2/2/06)
• Brief of Amici Curiae Alan Heslop, PhD.; Rod Adair; Gary Berner; John A. Morgan; and Robert Ward in Support of Appellees (2/6/06)
• Brief for the States of Utah, Nevada, and Ohio as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees (2/6/06)

Oral Argument Transcript

• Transcript of Oral Argument before U.S. Supreme Court: March 1, 2006

Parties' Motions

• Motion for Divided Argument by the Jackson Appellants, the Travis County Appellants, and the G.I. Forum Appellants (1/17/06)
• Appellant LULAC's Motion for Divided Argument (1/17/06)
• Application to File a Consolidated Appellees’ Brief that Exceeds the Page Limit (1/20/06)

State Appellees' Supplemental Letter (1/23/06)

Motion of the United States as Amicus Curiae for Divided Argument and to Participate in Oral Argument (2/8/06)

Motion of Appellees Tina Benkiser, Chairman, Republican Party of Texas, and John DeNoyelles for Divided Argument (2/8/06)

Withdrawl of Motion of Appellees Tina Benkiser, Chairman, Republican Party of Texas, and John DeNoyelles for Divided Argument (2/10/06)

U.S. Supreme Court Orders

• Order Noting Probable Jurisdiction (12/12/05)
• Order on Briefing and Argument Schedule (12/15/05)
• Order on Motions for Divided Argument (1/23/06)
• Order Granting the Solicitor General’s Motion for Leave to Participate in the Oral Argument as Amicus Curiae and for Divided Argument (2/17/06)

Orders on Travis County, Soechting Motions for Leave to File a Supplemental Brief After Argument (3/20/06)

2005 U.S. Supreme Court Filings

• Jurisdictional Statement of Eddie Jackson (8/31/05)
• Appendix to the Jurisdictional Statement of Eddie Jackson
• A: Post-Vieth Remand Decision – Henderson v. Perry (6/9/05)
• B: Final Judgment – Henderson v. Perry (6/9/05)
• C: Pre-Vieth Decision – Session v. Perry (1/6/04)
• D: Judgment – Session v. Perry (1/15/04)
• E: Decision – Balderas v. Texas (11/14/01)
• F: Final Judgment – Balderas v. Texas (11/14/01)
• G: Map of Texas Congressional Districts [Plan 1151C]
• H: Map of Texas Congressional Districts [Plan 1374C]
• I: District 25 Silhouette [Plan 1374C]
• J: District 25 - with Population Density [Plan 1374C]
• K: Declaration of John A. Alford – Session v. Perry (12/03/04)
• L: Notice Of Appeal – Henderson v. Perry (7/05/05)

Jurisdictional Statement of Travis County (8/24/05)

Jurisdictional Statement of League of United Latin American Citizens (8/9/05)

Jurisdictional Statement of GI Forum of Texas (10/3/05)

Prior U.S. Supreme Court Filings & Order

• Jurisdictional Statement of Eddie Jackson(4/5/04)
• State's Motion to Affirm (7/28/04)
• Reply Brief of Eddie Jackson (8/10/04)
• Order remanding for further consideration in light of Vieth v. Jubelirer (10/18/04)

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