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Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Comm’n

Last Updated Mar 1, 2024
Case No. 2021AP001450 (Wis. S. Ct.); Nos. 21A471, 21A490 (U.S. S. Ct.)
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A state court challenge to the congressional and state legislative maps, based on the anticipated failure of the legislature to draw valid lines, and anticipated subsequent malapportionment.

On Nov. 30, 2021, after the legislature failed to overcome a gubernatorial veto, the state Supreme Court announced that it would take a “least-change” approach to the maps from the prior decade.  On Mar. 3, 2022, after inviting submissions from various parties, the state Supreme Court adopted the Governor’s proposed congressional and state legislative maps.

On Mar. 23, 2022, in a summary proceeding, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed with respect to the state legislative maps, finding that the Governor’s state legislative maps predominantly relied on race without sufficient justification in the record.  On remand, on Apr. 15, 2022, the state Supreme Court adopted the legislature’s proposed state legislative maps instead.

History

Case filings, starting with most recent court
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Petition Aug 23, 2021
Document icon Wis. Election Comm'n response Sep 3, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of BLOC et al. (incl. app.) Sep 8, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of Cong. Glenn Grothman et al. Sep 8, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of Lisa Hunter et al. Sep 8, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of legislature (incl. app.) Sep 8, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of Daniel Suhr Sep 8, 2021
Document icon Order taking jurisdiction Sep 22, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Wis. Election Comm'n brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Gov. brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Leg. brief re timing Oct 6, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon Wis. Election Comm'n response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. response Oct 13, 2021
Document icon Leg. response Oct 13, 2021
Highlighted document Document icon Omnibus amd. petition Oct 21, 2021
Document icon Briefing order Oct 14, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Wis. Election Comm'n brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Gov. brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. brief (incl. app.) Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Leg. brief Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Amicus brief of William Whitford et al. Oct 25, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Gov. response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. response (incl. app.) Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Leg. response Nov 1, 2021
Document icon Joint stipulation of facts and law Nov 4, 2021
Highlighted document Document icon Opinion re approach to new maps Nov 30, 2021
Document icon Order re map proposals Nov 17, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' brief re proposals Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Gov. proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Leg. proposals (incl. exhs.) Dec 15, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' response Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Gov. response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley response Dec 30, 2021
Document icon BLOC et al. response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Hunter et al. response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Leg. response (incl. exhs.) Dec 30, 2021
Document icon Petitioners' reply Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Gov. reply Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley reply Jan 4, 2022
Document icon BLOC et al. reply (incl. exhs.) Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' reply (incl. exhs.) Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. reply (incl. exhs.) Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Hunter et al. reply (incl. exhs.) Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Leg. reply (incl. exhs.) Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Amicus brief of concerned voters Jan 5, 2022
Document icon Amicus brief of legal scholars Jan 5, 2022
Document icon BLOC et al. motion to correct map submission Jan 4, 2022
Document icon Gov. motion to correct map submission Jan 6, 2022
Document icon Order re motions to correct Jan 10, 2022
Document icon Order re uniform map submissions Jan 10, 2022
Document icon Gov. maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon BLOC et al. maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon Hunter et al. maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon Leg. maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' maps Jan 14, 2022
Document icon Hunter et al. response to oral argument Jan 25, 2022
Document icon Gov. reply Feb 2, 2022
Document icon BLOC et al. reply Feb 2, 2022
Document icon Citizen mathematicians' reply Feb 2, 2022
Document icon Cong. Grothman et al. reply Jan 26, 2022
Document icon Leg. reply Feb 2, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Opinion adopting maps Mar 3, 2022
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Gov. letter on remand Mar 24, 2022
Document icon Petitioner's response Mar 24, 2022
Document icon Sen. Janet Bewley's response Mar 25, 2022
Document icon BLOC et al. response Mar 24, 2022
Document icon Hunter et al. response Mar 25, 2022
Document icon Leg. response Mar 24, 2022
Document icon Gov. motion to supplement record Mar 31, 2022
Document icon Leg. response Apr 1, 2022
Document icon Order denying motion Apr 1, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Opinion adopting state leg. maps Apr 15, 2022

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