CASE SUMMARY

On June 4, 2025, five plaintiffs brought suit in the Northern District of Texas alleging a new map adopted for Tarrant County's Commissioners Court violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as well as both the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

The District Court denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction on September 12, 2025.

CASE LIBRARY

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division - Case No. 4:25-cv-587

• Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 6/4/25
• First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 6/17/25
• Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 6/27/25
• Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 6/27/25
• Appendix in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 6/27/25
• Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite the Preliminary Injunction Hearing and Separate the Trial [...] - 6/27/25
• Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Expedited Preliminary Injunction Hearing and Separate the Trial [...] - 6/27/25
• Order - 6/30/25
• Joint Notice on Briefing Schedule - 7/7/25
• Order - 7/10/25
• Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 8/1/25
• Defendants' Motion to Strike - 8/1/25
• Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite - 8/4/25
• Defendants' Memorandum in Support of its Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Failure to State a Justiciable Claim - 8/4/25
• Defendants' Response in Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 8/4/25
• Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 8/11/25
• Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike - 8/11/25
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 8/11/25
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Expedited Preliminary Injunction Decision [...] - 8/11/25
• Motion for Leave to File Brief on Behalf of the State of Texas as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendants - 8/11/25
• Order - 8/15/25
• Brief of the State of Texas as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 8/15/25
• Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Response to Amicus Brief - 8/18/25
• Order - 8/19/25
• Plaintiffs' Response to Amicus Curiae Brief of State of Texas - 8/19/25
• Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 8/21/25
• Memorandum Opinion & Order - 9/12/25
• Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal - 9/15/25
• Order - 9/17/25
• Docketing Notice of Appeal - 9/22/25
• Joint Status Report - 9/23/25
• Order - 9/23/25

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-11055

• Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal - 9/17/25
• Plaintiffs-Appellants' Motion for Expedited Briefing and Decision - 9/18/25
• Defendants-Appellees' Response to Plaintiff-Appellants' Motion for Expedited Briefing and Decision - 9/19/25
• Docketing Notice - 9/22/25
• Plaintiffs-Appellants' Reply in Support of Motion for Expedited Briefing and Decision - 9/26/25