CASE SUMMARY
On November 2, 2022, plaintiffs brought a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court's Civil Department seeking to block the Boston City Council from approving a new redistricting plan due to the City Council's alleged Open Meeting Law violations. The motion for a Temporary Restraining Order was denied. Plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint on November 12, 2022, alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fourteenth Amendment and requested a preliminary injunction. The Boston City Council removed the case to federal court on December 2, 2022.
Following a trial, the Boston City Council was enjoined from using the enacted map in future municipal elections.
CASE LIBRARY
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court - No. 2284CV2490 H
- Case History - 12/2/22
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts - No. 1:22-cv-12048
- Notice of Removal - 12/2/22
- Assented-To Motion to Extend Time to Respond to Complaint - 12/8/22
- Notice of Motions Pending in State Court - 12/13/22
- Joint Motion to Establish Briefing Schedule and Expand Page Limit for Opposition to Preliminary Injunction - 1/11/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/12/23
- Joint Motion to Establish Briefing Schedule and Expand Page Limit for Opposition to Preliminary Injunction - 1/13/23
- Defendant Boston City Council's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 1/17/23
- Rule 16 Joint Statement - 1/20/23
- Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/27/23
- Brief of Amici Curiae The NAACP Boston Branch, et.al. in Support of Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 2/16/23
- Motion for Clarification of Scheduling Order Deadlines - 2/17/23
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Clarification of Scheduling Order Deadlines - 2/21/23
- Assented-to Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/21/23
- Defendant Boston City Council's Sur-Reply in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 2/23/23
- Second Amended Complaint - 2/27/23
- Plaintiffs' List of Witnesses - 3/7/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Their Second Amended Complaint - 3/10/23
- Joint List of Witnesses - 3/10/23
- Assented-To Motion for Leave to File Their Second Amended Complaint - 3/14/23
- City Defendants' Supplemental Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction Following Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 3/27/23
- Memorandum and Order - 5/8/23
- Motion by Proposed Intervenors to Intervene - 5/17/23
- Memorandum in Support of Motion by Proposed Intervenors to Intervene - 5/17/23
- City's Response to the Motion by Proposed Intervenors to Intervene - 5/23/23
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to the Motion by Proposed Intervenors to Intervene - 5/24/23
- Chinese Progressive Association's Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal as a Proposed Intervenor - 6/5/23
- Motion by the NAACP Boston Branch, Et al. for Leave to File a Reply Brief - 6/5/23
- Letter to Judge Saris re: Boston Redistricting - 6/13/23
- Letter to Judge Saris from Massachusetts Law Reform Institute - 6/16/23
- Joint Status Report - 7/14/23
- "The Schedule is Approved" - 7/18/23
- Joint Request for Extension of Time - 7/26/23
- Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees, Costs, and Expenses - 8/18/23