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Brown v. Scanlan

Last Updated Nov 29, 2023
Case No. 226-2022-CV-00181 (N.H. Super. Ct., Hillsborough); Nos. 2022-0339, 2022-0629 (N.H. S. Ct.)
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A state court challenge to the state Senate and Executive Council maps, alleging that the plans constitute unlawful partisan gerrymandering under the state constitution.

On Oct. 5, 2022, the trial court dismissed the claim as a nonjusticiable political question; on Nov. 29, 2023, the state Supreme Court affirmed.

History

Case filings, starting with most recent court
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Complaint May 6, 2022
Document icon Motion for prelim. injunction (incl. exhs.) May 9, 2022
Document icon Opposition (incl. exhs.) Jun 1, 2022
Document icon Reply (incl. exhs.) Jun 10, 2022
Document icon Surreply Jun 20, 2022
Document icon Joint opp. to interlocutory transfer Jun 10, 2023
Document icon Order transferring questions to NH S. Ct. Jun 20, 2022
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Interlocutory transfer statement Jun 21, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Order denying interlocutory transfer Jun 28, 2022
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Motion to dismiss (incl. exhs.) Jun 16, 2022
Document icon Opposition Jul 22, 2022
Document icon Reply Aug 9, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Opinion dismissing case Oct 5, 2022
Notice of appeal [Document not yet available] Nov 4, 2022
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Plaintiffs' brief Jan 20, 2023
Document icon Amicus brief of ACLU et al. Jan 20, 2023
Document icon Amicus brief of Campaign Legal Center Jan 20, 2023
Document icon State's brief Mar 17, 2023
Document icon Plaintiffs' reply Apr 6, 2023
Highlighted document Document icon Opinion dismissing case Nov 29, 2023

Map | Challenged state Senate plan

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