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Republican Party of N.M. v. Tolouse Oliver (also Grisham v. Van Soelen)

Last Updated Sep 18, 2023
Case number

No. D-506-CV-202200041 (N.M. Dist. Ct., Lea Cnty.), Nos. A-1-CA-40520, A-1-CA-41429 (N.M. Ct. App.), No. S-1-SC-39481 (N.M. S. Ct.)

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A state court challenge against the congressional plan as an allegedly impermissible partisan gerrymander under the state constitution.

On Apr. 19, 2022, the court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction based on the proximity of the coming elections, but also denied a motion to dismiss.

On the state’s appeal, on July 5, 2023, the state Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims were justiciable under the state constitution (following the standard in Justice Kagan’s dissent in Common Cause v. Rucho), and remanded for further proceedings in the trial court.

History

Case filings, starting with most recent court
    Name Last Modified
Def.'s Mot to Dismiss, Lack of Standing [Document not yet available] Aug 10, 2023
Objection in Opp. to Def.'s MTD [Document not yet available] Aug 16, 2023
Reply ISO MTD, re Lack of Standin [Document not yet available] Aug 23, 2023
Highlighted document Order Denying MTD [Document not yet available] Sep 25, 2023
Writ Issued, Superintending Control NM Supreme Court [Document not yet available] Aug 25, 2023
    Name Last Modified
State's petition [Document not yet available] Jul 22, 2022
Response [Document not yet available] Sep 6, 2022
Order granting stay [Document not yet available] Oct 14, 2022
State's brief [Document not yet available] Nov 3, 2022
Plaintiffs' response [Document not yet available] Nov 23, 2022
SOS response [Document not yet available] Nov 23, 2022
Reply [Document not yet available] Dec 5, 2022
Order requesting supp. briefing [Document not yet available] Jan 19, 2023
State's supp. brief [Document not yet available] Feb 6, 2023
Plaintiffs' response [Document not yet available] Feb 22, 2023
Reply [Document not yet available] Mar 10, 2023
Highlighted document Document icon Order allowing claim Jul 5, 2023
Closing Writ [Document not yet available] Aug 25, 2023
    Name Last Modified
Document icon Complaint Jan 21, 2022
Document icon Gov. et al. motion to dismiss Feb 18, 2022
Document icon Leg. motion to dismiss Feb 18, 2022
Document icon Plaintiffs' opposition Mar 10, 2022
Gov et al. reply [Document not yet available] Mar 21, 2022
Leg. reply [Document not yet available] Mar 23, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Order denying motion to dismiss Apr 19, 2022
Opinion denying motion to dismiss [Document not yet available] Jul 11, 2022
Document icon Motion for prelim. inj. Feb 3, 2022
Document icon SOS's opposition Feb 18, 2022
Document icon Gov. et al. opposition Feb 18, 2022
Document icon Leg. opposition Feb 22, 2022
Document icon Reply Mar 10, 2022
Highlighted document Document icon Order denying prelim. inj. Apr 19, 2022
Highlighted document Court's findings on prelim. inj. [Document not yet available] Jul 11, 2022
Order staying case pending appellate review [Document not yet available] Aug 25, 2022

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