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Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Atkins v. Sarasota County, Florida

8:19-cv-03048 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2019

Closed Date: May 7, 2020

This case is about the 2019 redistricting for the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners. Until 2018, Sarasota County elected commissioners on an at-large basis, meaning every resident of the county could vote for the commissioner of each district. In November 2018, voters passed a referendum amending the county charter so that starting in 2020 residents could vote for only the commissioner of their own district. In 2019, just a year before the next election and the decennial census, the…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Corbett v. Register

7:16-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 30, 2016

Closed Date: July 25, 2016

This is a case about maintaining equal populations across voting districts.  A resident of Echols County in the Superior Court of Echols County filed a lawsuit on June 3, 2016 against the Echols County Board of Education, seeking that the Board members be elected from districts of equal population.  Prior to the lawsuit, on December 5, 2006, the Board held a meeting to discuss, amongst other things, the Board’s district lines. The populations of each district were presented to the Board and a p…
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Mondy v. Messina

2:17-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2017

This case is about whether plaintiffs have standing to bring--and federal courts have jurisdiction to hear--claims regarding a city council's repeal of an initiated ordinance in alleged violation of state law. On June 14, 2017, the plaintiff filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of himself and all similarly situated citizens of the City of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued…
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Berry III v. Kander

4:16-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 13, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2016

This case involved allegations that Missouri Congressional District Map violates Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the Missouri constitution, and the Voting Rights Act and by utilizing race a factor in the construction of Missouri congressional boundaries.  An African American, also a Republican congressional candidate for Missouri Congressional District One seat (the "Plaintiff"), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on April 13, 2016. Defe…
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Murawski v. New York State Board Of Elections

1:17-cv-06859 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Closed Date: March 16, 2018

This case involves allegations that the ballot access procedures developed by the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBE) the New York City Board of Elections (NYCBE) and the New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYCFB) are arbitrary and capricious and therefore violate the constitutional rights of the people of New York and those who seek to run for office, in particular those who are not part of a major political party. On September 8, 2017, a pro se voting rights advocate and attempted may…
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Chestnut v. Merrill

2:18-cv-00907 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2020

This is a case about dilution of African American voting strength by congressional districting in Alabama. On 13 June 2018, eight African American voters residing in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Southern Division. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The case was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge John E Ott, and reassigned to Chief Judge Karon O Bowdre. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Secretary of State. The plain…
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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Thurston County, Nebraska

8:23-cv-00020 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2023

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2024

This case is about two American Indian tribes and a handful of members of each tribe who also reside in and are registered to vote in Thurston County, Nebraska challenging Thurston County’s redistricting plan for the Thurston County Board of Supervisor districts. The plaintiffs alleged that the new redistricting plan diluted the voting strength of Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native voters and voters from the reservations of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the Omaha Tribe of Nebra…

Settled: Case Closed

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League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

3:21-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2021

This summary is temporary while we research the case. The American Redistricting Project (ARP) summarizes this case as follows (https://thearp.org/litigation/lulac-v-abbott/):  On October 18, 2021, a coalition of Latino civil and voting rights organizations and Latino Texans filed a federal lawsuit against Texas's Governor and Deputy Secretary of State challenging the state's enacted state House, state Senate, State Board of Education, and congressional redistricting plans as violating the U.S.…

Case Is Ongoing

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Jaeger

3:22-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2022

In this case, the Eighth Circuit held that the Voting Rights Act is not individually enforceable.  Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh has granted an administrative stay, while the Supreme Court considers a longer-lived stay pending review.  The case began as a claim of vote dilution by two Native American tribes through the "packing and cracking" of districts in North Dakota. On February 7, 2022, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe, along with individual Native A…

Injunction Granted

Reversed