Case Summary

On August 2, 2023, 19 petitioners filed this lawsuit at the Wisconsin Supreme Court as an original action. Petitioners allege Wisconsin's legislative maps are "extreme partisan gerrymanders" that violate the Wisconsin Constitution.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted Petitioners' petition to take jurisdiction of an original action on October 6, 2023, but limited the scope of the inquiry.

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The Supreme Court of Wisconsin - 2023AP001399

• Petitioners' Memorandum of Law - 8/2/23
• Petition to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to Take Jurisdiction of an Original Action - 8/2/23
• Motion for Scheduling Order - 8/2/23
• Petitioners' Index - 8/2/23
• Senators Carpenter, Larson, Spreitzer, Hesselbein and Smith's Response to Motion for Scheduling Order - 8/14/23
• Order - 8/15/23
• Response of Wisconsin Elections Commission and its Commissioners and Administrator to Petition for Leave to Commence an Original Action - 8/22/23
• Brief of Senator[s] [...] in opposition to Petition for an Original Action - 8/22/23
• On Petition to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to Take Jurisdiction of an Original Action - 8/22/23
• The Wisconsin Legislature's Motion for Leave to File a Non-Party Amicus Brief - 8/22/23
• The Wisconsin Legislature's Motion to Intervene - 8/22/23
• Motion for Leave to File a Brief as Amicus Curiae - 8/22/23
• Motion of Law in Support of the Wisconsin Legislature's Motion to Intervene - 8/22/23
• Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators [...] - 8/22/23
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators [...] - 8/22/23
• Appendix to Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz - 8/22/23
• Order - 8/23/23
• Statement of Response of Wisconsin Elections Commission and its Commissioners and Administrator - 8/28/23
• Petitioners' Response to Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz - 8/29/23
• Petitioners' Appendix in Support of Response to Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz - 8/29/23
• Response Brief of Senators [...] to Motion for Recusal - 8/29/23
• Plaintiffs' Response to Wisconsin Legislature's Motion to Intervene - 9/5/23
• Order - 9/5/23
• Supplemental Response Brief of Senators [...] to Motion for Recusal - 9/18/23
• Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature - 9/18/23
• Petitioners' Supplemental Response to Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz - 9/18/23
• Justice Protasiewicz' Letter to Counsel re Communications - 9/21/23
• Memorandum Decision and Order of Justice Janet C. Protasiewicz - 10/6/23
• Order - 10/6/23
• Motion to Intervene on Behalf of Billie Johnson, [...] - 10/10/23
• Memorandum in Support of Intervention on Behal of Billie Johnson, [...] - 10/10/23
• Motion to Intervene by Governor Tony Evers - 10/10/23
• Governor Tony Evers' Memorandum in Support of Motion to Intervene - 10/10/23
• Motion to Intervene of Nathan Atkinson, [...] - 10/10/23
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Intervene of Nathan Atkinson, [...] - 10/10/23
• Petition in Intervention of Nathan Atkinson, [...] - 10/10/23
• Order - 10/13/23
• Petitioners' Brief - 10/16/23
• Petitioners' Appendix - 10/16/23
• Opening Brief of Senators Carpenter, Larson, Spreitzer, Hesselbein and Smith - 10/16/23
• Governor Tony Evers Initial Brief on Four Questions - 10/16/23
• Brief of Atkinson Intervenors - 10/16/23
• Appendix of Unpublished Opinions Cited by Atkinson Intervenors - 10/16/23
• Opening Brief of Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents [...] - 10/16/23
• Appendix to Opening Brief of Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents [...] - 10/16/23
• Opening Merits Brief of Intervenors-Respondents Billie Johnson [...] - 10/16/23
• Response of Wisconsin Elections Commission and its Commissioners and Administrator to Court Order of October 6, 2023 - 10/16/23
• Affidavit of Ruth Streck - 10/17/23
• Motion to Dismiss by Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators [...] - 10/20/23
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss by Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators - 10/20/23
• Johnson Intervenors-Respondents' Letter Joining Motion to Dismiss by Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature [...] - 10/23/23
• Petitioners' Response Brief - 10/30/23
• Petitioners' Supplemental Appendix - 10/30/23
• Governor Tony Evers's Response Brief on Four Questions - 10/30/23
• Response Brief of Senators Carpenter, [...] - 10/30/23
• Supplemental Appendix of Senators Carpenter, Larson, Spreitzer, Hesselbein and Smith - 10/30/23
• Response Brief of Atkinson Intervenors - 10/30/23
• Response Brief of Intervenors-Respondents Billie Johnson [...] - 10/30/23
• Response Brief of Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators [...] - 10/30/23
• Petitioners' Response to Motion to Dismiss by Intervenor-Respondent Wisconsin Legislature and Respondents Senators [...] - 10/30/23
• Atkinson Intervenors' Opposition to Motion to Dismiss - 10/31/23
• Letter from Ruth Greenwood Thanking Harvard Students - 10/31/23
• Commission Respondents' Notice of Nonparticipation in Oral Argument - 11/7/23
• Motion of Wisconsin Justice Initiative, Inc. & Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition for Leave to File No/n-Party Amici Brief - 11/8/23
• Motion of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Inc., Seeking Leave to File a Non-Party Brief - 11/8/23
• Motion for Leave to Appeal and File Amicus Brief by Matthew Petering, PhD - 11/8/23
• Motion of Legal Scholars for Leave to File a Non-Party Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioners - 11/8/23
• Motion for Leave to File a Non-Party Brief - 11/8/23
• Motion for Leave to File a Non-Party Brief - 11/8/23
• Motion of Local Elected Officials for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioners - 11/8/23
• Joint Motion and Appendix A [...] For Corrected LTSB Redistricting Dataset - 11/8/23
• Order - 11/13/23
• Order - 11/13/23
• Order - 11/13/23
• Notification of Additional Authority from Wisconsin Legislature - 11/17/23
• Letter from Law Forward Regarding Potential Referees - 11/21/23