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.

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