CASE SUMMARY

On March 15, 2022, a coalition of civil rights groups and Louisiana voters filed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Secretary of State challenging the state’s congressional redistricting plan, which was enacted the prior decade, as unconstitutionally malapportioned in violation of the one person, one vote requirement under Article I, § 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs also alleged the Governor and state legislature would be unable to enact a new, properly apportioned plan in time for the 2022 elections. They sought a judicial declaration that the congressional plan was unconstitutional, an injunction barring its use in future elections, and an order adopting, or appointing a special master to adopt, a lawful congressional plan containing at least two majority-Black districts.

  • On March 30, 2022, the state legislature overrode the Governor’s veto of its congressional redistricting plan, thereby making the plan law and mooting the case.

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CASE LIBRARY

Louisiana District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge - No. C-716837