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.

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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