Case Summary
On August 4, 2023, 7 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 denied Plaintiffs' petition to commence an original action on October 6, 2023.
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The Supreme Court of Wisconsin - 2023AP001412
- Petition to Commence an Original Action - 8/4/23
- Petitioners' Appendix - 8/4/23
- Memorandum in Support of Petition to Commence Original Action - 8/4/23
- Order Granting Motions to Commence an Original Action - 8/8/23
- 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
- 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
- Memorandum 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 - 8/22/23
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature - 8/22/23
- Appendix to Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz - 8/22/23
- Non-Party Brief of Wisconsin Legislature as Amicus Curiae in Opposition to Petition for an Original Action - 8/22/23
- Order - 8/23/23
- Response to Motion to Recuse by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature - 8/29/23
- Order - 9/5/23
- Supplemental Brief Opposing Proposed Intervenor the Wisconsin Legislatures' Motion to Recuse - 9/18/23
- Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion to Recuse Justice Protasiewicz by Proposed Intervenor-Respondent the Wisconsin Legislature - 9/18/23
- Letter from Justice Protasiewicz to Counsel - 9/21/23
- Memorandum Decision and Order of Justice Janet C. Protasiewicz - 10/6/23
- Order - 10/6/23