CASE SUMMARY
On March 30, 2022, a coalition of civil rights organizations and Louisiana voters filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana's Secretary of State challenging the state's enacted congressional redistricting plan as violating the Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs allege the enacted plan fails to create a second majority-Black congressional district, thereby resulting in the dilution of Black voters' voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the VRA. They are seeking a judicial declaration that the enacted plan violates the VRA, a preliminary and permanent injunction barring the defendants from using the plan in future elections, and a court order requiring the adoption of a new congressional plan which includes two majority-Black districts.
On April 12, 2022, the district court consolidated this action with two other challenges to Louisiana's redistricting plans, Galmon v. Ardoin and Nairne v. Ardoin. On June 6, 2022, the district court granted the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction and barred the enacted congressional plan from being used in future elections after ruling the plaintiffs were likely to prevail on their Section 2 claim. The court ordered the State to enact a remedial plan by June 20, 2022. Several defendants and the legislative intervenors appealed this ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit the same day. On June 9, the Fifth Circuit issued an administrative stay of the district court's injunction pending further review of the court. The court lifted its administrative stay and denied the motion for stay pending appeal three days later.
On June 17, Louisiana's Secretary of State filed an emergency application for an administrative stay, stay pending appeal, and petition for writ of certiorari before judgment with the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the application and stayed the district court's preliminary injunction, thereby allowing the enacted plan to be used in the 2022 election. The Court's order granted a writ of certiorari before judgment and stated it would hold the case in abeyance pending its ruling in the Alabama redistricting case before it, Merrill v. Milligan.
Related Cases: Galmon v. Ardoin; Milligan v. Merrill; Caster v. Merrill
Similar Case: Nairne v. Ardoin
CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana - No. 3:22-cv-211 [together with Nos. 3:22-cv-178, 3:22-cv-214]
- Complaint - 3/30/22
- Motion of the Presiding Officers of the Louisiana Legislature to Intervene - 4/6/22
- Motion for Status Conference - 4/8/22
- Order - 4/12/22
- The State of Louisiana's Motion to Intervene - 4/13/22
- Consolidation Order - 4/14/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Combined Opposition to Motions to Intervene of the Presiding Officers of the Louisiana Legislature and the State of Louisiana - 4/14/22
- Opposition to Motion to Intervene of the State of Louisiana by Attorney General Jeff Landry - 4/14/22
- Motion for Extension of Time to File Intervention - 4/14/22
- Proposed Legislative Intervenors' Motion for Leave to File a Reply in Support of Their Motion to Intervene, Instanter - 4/15/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Pt. I of IV) - 4/15/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Pt. II of IV) - 4/15/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Pt. III of IV) - 4/15/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Pt. IV of IV) - 4/15/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 1 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of William Cooper) (Pt. I of IV) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 1 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of William Cooper) (Pt. II of IV) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 1 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of William Cooper) (Pt. III of IV) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 1 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of William Cooper) (Pt. IV of IV) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 2 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of Maxwell Palmer) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 3 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Expert Report of Allan J. Lichtman) - 4/15/22
- Exhibit 4 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Supporting Declaration of Christopher J. Tyson) - 4/15/22
- Exhibits 5 - 9 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 4/15/22
- Exhibits 10 - 15 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 4/15/22
- Exhibits 16 - 25 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 4/15/22
- Exhibits 26 - 28 to Galmon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 4/15/22
- Motion for Leave to File Reply in Support of the State of Louisiana's Motion to Intervene - 4/18/22
- Scheduling Order - 4/19/22
- Order Granting Motions to Intervene - 4/19/22
- Answer of Intervenors to Plaintiffs' Complaint - 4/19/22
- Answer and Defenses by Defendant/Intervenor State of Louisiana, Through Jeff Landry in His Official Capacity as Louisiana Attorney General - 4/19/22
- Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party - 4/20/22
- Motion for Leave to Intervene by Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus - 4/21/22
- Answer to Complaint - 4/25/22
- Amicus Curiae Brief of Professors of Mathematics and Computer Science in Support of Neither Party - 4/29/22
- Defendant's Exhibit List - 4/29/22
- Defendant's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 4/29/22
- Exhibit List of Defendant-Intervenor the State of Louisiana through Jeff Landry, Louisiana Attorney General - 4/29/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Exhibit List for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 4/29/22
- Plaintiffs' List of Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 4/29/22
- Intervenor-Defendant the State of Louisiana's Combined Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 4/29/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Opposition to Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 4/29/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Exhibit List for Hearing on Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 4/29/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 5/2/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Amended Exhibit List for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 5/2/22
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Further Support of a Preliminary Injunction - 5/2/22
- Motion for Three Judge Panel or to Strike Constitutional Challenge to Congressional Districts - 5/3/22
- Emergency Motion to Stay Proceedings - 5/3/22
- Robinson Plaintiffs' Amended List of Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 5/3/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Opposition to Emergency Motion to Stay Proceedings - 5/3/22
- Ruling Denying Motion to Stay - 5/4/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Amended Exhibit List for Hearing on Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 5/5/22
- Joint Pre-Hearing Stipulations - 5/6/22
- Robinson Plaintiffs' Second Amended List of Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 5/6/22
- Robinson Plaintiffs' Third Amended List of Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 5/9/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Second Amended Exhibit List for Hearing on Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 5/9/22
- Notice of Corrected Data - 5/10/22
- Defendant's Amended Exhibit List - 5/10/22
- Intervenor, State of Louisiana's, Second Supplemental and Amended List of Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 5/10/22
- Consent Motion for Extension of Time to File Post-Trial Briefs and Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law - 5/17/22
- Defendants' Joint Post-Hearing Brief in Opposition to Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 5/18/22
- Defendants' Joint Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 5/18/22
- Plaintiffs' Post-Hearing Brief - 5/18/22
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 5/18/22
- Plaintiffs' Post-Hearing Brief - 5/20/22
- Plaintiffs' Amended Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 5/20/22
- Defendants' Amended Joint Post-Hearing Brief in Opposition to Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 5/23/22
- Defendants' Amended Joint Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 5/23/22
- Ruling and Order - 6/6/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Notice of Appeal - 6/6/22
- Defendant Secretary of State's Notice of Appeal - 6/6/22
- State of Louisiana's Notice of Appeal - 6/6/22
- Defendants' Joint Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/6/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/8/22
- Robinson Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Joint Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/8/22
- Ruling Denying Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/9/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Motion for Extension of Time to Enact a Plan - 6/13/22
- Order - 6/14/22
- Robinson Plaintiffs' Response to Legislative Intervenors' Motion for Extension of Time to Enact Plan - 6/15/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs' Response to Legislative Intervenors' Motion for Extension of Time to Enact Plan - 6/15/22
- Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party to Clarify the Court's June 6th Order - 6/15/22
- Plaintiffs' Joint Response to Order for Briefing on Remedial Process - 6/16/22
- Defendant-Intervenor State of Louisiana's Remedy Process Proposal and Objection - 6/16/22
- Legislative Intervenors Brief on Nature and Timeline of Remedial Phase - 6/16/22
- Defendant's Notice Regarding Remedial Process Proposals - 6/16/22
- Order - 6/17/22
- Defendant-Intervenor State of Louisiana's Motion for Extension of Time of Deadlines for Remedial Phase - 6/20/22
- Plaintiffs' Joint Opposition to State Intervenor's Motion for Extension of Time of Deadlines for Remedial Phase - 6/21/22
- Legislative Intervenors' Response to State of Louisiana's Motion for Extension of Time - 6/21/22
- Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party - 6/21/22
- Plaintiffs' Joint Opposition to State Intervenor's Motion for Extension of Time of Deadlines for Remedial Phase - 6/21/22
- Ruling Denying Extension of Time - 6/22/22
- Defendants' Notice Regarding Remedial Plan - 6/22/22
- Joint Notice of Proposed Remedial Plan and Memorandum in Support - 6/22/22
- Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Joint Proposed Remedial Plan - 6/27/22
- Order - 6/29/22
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - No. 22-30333
- Emergency Motion of Legislative Intervenor Defendants-Appellants for a Stay Pending Appeal - 6/9/22
- Emergency Motion to Stay Pending Appeal - 6/9/22
- Order - 6/9/22
- Defendant-Appellant Secretary of State's Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/10/22
- Amicus Brief of Alabama and 11 Other States in Support of Defendants-Appellants - 6/10/22
- Robinson Appellees' Response in Opposition to Motions to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal - 6/10/22
- The State of Louisiana's Notice of Joinder - 6/10/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs-Appellees' Consolidated Opposition to Motions for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/10/22
- Reply in Support of Emergency Motion of Legislative Intervenor Defendants-Appellants for a Stay Pending Appeal - 6/10/22
- Opinion Denying Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 6/12/22
- Opening Brief for Appellants - 6/21/22
- Brief of National Republican Redistricting Trust as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants and Reversal - 6/22/22
- Amicus Brief of Alabama and 12 Other States in Support of Defendants-Appellants - 6/22/22
- Brief of Appellees Press Robinson, et al. - 6/27/22
- Galmon Plaintiffs-Appellees' Response Brief - 6/28/22
U.S. Supreme Court - No. 21-1596 [Ardoin v. Robinson] [formerly No. 21A814]
- Emergency Application for Administrative Stay, Stay Pending Appeal, and Petition for Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment - 6/17/22
- Motion of the State of Alabama and 12 Other States for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Applicants - 6/17/22
- Motion of National Republican Redistricting Trust for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Applicants - 6/20/22
- Motion of United States Representatives From Louisiana to File Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Applicants - 6/22/22
- Galmon Respondents' Response in Opposition to Emergency Application for Administrative Stay, Stay Pending Appeal, and Petition for Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment - 6/23/22
- Opposition to Application for Stay Pending Appeal and Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment - 6/23/22
- Reply Brief in Support of Emergency Application for Administrative Stay, Stay Pending Appeal, and Petition for Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment - 6/24/22
- Order Granting Stay and Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment - 6/28/22