CASE SUMMARY

On August 9, 2023, a coalition of civil rights organizations and Tennessee voters filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee’s Governor, Secretary of State, Coordinator of Elections, and the State Election Commission and its members challenging the state’s enacted congressional and state Senate districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders and as intentionally racially discriminatory. They sought a judicial declaration the plans were unconstitutional, a permanent injunction barring the plans from use in future elections, and for the court to require new, lawful congressional and state Senate plans be implemented.

  • A three-judge district court panel was appointed on August 16, 2023.
  • The panel dismissed Plaintiffs' claims on August 21, 2024, and gave them 30 days to replead their case.
  • Plaintiffs elected to withdraw their remaining claims and the court dismissed the case with prejudice on September 25, 2024.

CASE LIBRARY/

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - No. 3:23-cv-00832