Skip to Main Content
Prof. Justin Levitt's Doug Spencer's Guide to Drawing the Electoral Lines
Texas | Congress

Escobar v. Abbott

Last Updated Jan 13, 2022
Case No. 3:22-cv-00022 (W.D. Tex.)
Cycle 2020

Featured Content

Highlighted documents

Case Information

**This case has been consolidated with LULAC v. Abbott. Further updates will be posted to that case page.**

Federal court challenge to Texas’s congressional map as a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs also allege that CD 16 and CD 23 violates §2 of the VRA.

History

Case filings, starting with most recent court
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Complaint Jan 12, 2022
Document icon Order consolidating case with LULAC v. Abbott Jan 13, 2022

Map | Challenged congressional map

Download Data

Additional Cases

(consolidated) Federal court challenge to Texas's state Senate map alleging unconstitutional racial discrimination of the Voting Rights Act
Cycle 2020
(consolidated) Federal court challenge to congressional and state legislative districts as racial gerrymanders and violations of the VRA
Cycle 2020
(Consolidated) federal court challenge to congressional maps as racial gerrymanders and violations of VRA §2
Cycle 2020
PENDING - Federal court challenge to congressional map for vote dilution in violation of the VRA.
Cycle 2020
(consolidated) Federal lawsuit challenges Texas's redistricting maps, alleging voter discrimination
Cycle 2020
(consolidated) Federal court challenge to congressional maps as racial gerrymanders and violations of VRA §2
Cycle 2020
(consolidated) federal court challenge to congressional map for vote dilution in violation of the VRA
Cycle 2020
(consolidated) Federal court dismissed prison gerrymandering challenge in Texas
Cycle 2020