CASE SUMMARY
Proponents of a constitutional amendment aimed at creating an independent redistricting commission brought a challenge to the Ohio Ballot Board's adopted ballot language in the Ohio Supreme Court on August 19, 2024. The Relators alleged "myriad defects" in the adopted language and asked t/he Ohio Supreme Court to mandate that the Ohio Ballot Board draft new language.
The Ohio Supreme Court required changes to two parts of the ballot language, but left in place the description that the amendment required gerrymandering.
CASE LIBRARY
The Supreme Court of Ohio - No. 2024-1200
- Verified Complaint [...] and for Writ of Mandamus - 8/19/24
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Campaign Legal Center in Support of Relators [...] - 8/23/24
- Answer of Respondents - 8/26/24
- Answer of Respondents Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson and Representative Terrence Upchurch - 8/26/24
- Relators' Merit Brief - 8/29/24
- Relators' Evidence - 8/29/24
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, American Redistricting Project, in Support of Respondents - 9/3/24
- Brief Amicus Curiae of Ohio Works in Support of Respondents - 9/3/24
- Motion to Strike Putative Answer of Senator Hicks-Hudson and Rep. Upchurch - 9/3/24
- Merit Brief of Respondents - 9/3/24
- Evidence of Respondents - 9/3/24
- Order - 9/3/24
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Black Equity & Redistricting Fund in Support of Respondents [...] - 9/3/24
- Order - 9/4/24
- Amicus Reply Brief of Jack F. Fuchs, Esq. in Support of Relators - 9/5/24
- Motion for Leave to Withdraw Pro Se Answer of Senator Hicks-Hudson and Rep. Upchurch - 9/5/24
- Response in Opposition to Motion for Leave to Withdraw Putative Answer of Senator Hicks-Hudson and Rep. Upchurch - 9/6/24
- Reply Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Education Association in Support of Relators - 9/6/24
- Relators' Response to Motion to Strike - 9/6/24
- Relators' Reply Brief - 9/6/24
- Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson and Representative Terrence Upchurch's Response to the Attorney General's Motion to Strike Our Pro Se Answer - 9/6/24
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Leaders of the Ohio House Minority Caucus and the Ohio Senate Minority Caucus in Support of Relators - 9/6/24
- Reply Brief of Amici Curiae Professors [...] in Support of Relators [...] - 9/6/24
- Request for Recusal of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner - 9/6/24
- Response to Request for Recusal of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner - 9/6/24
- Writ of Mandamus - 9/16/24
- Opinion - 9/16/24