BLACK VOTERS MATTER FUND INC. v. KEMP

S21A1261 S21A1262 S21X1326 S22X0007 S21A1263.

870 S.E.2d 430 (2022)

BLACK VOTERS MATTER FUND INC. et al., v. KEMP et al.; and vice versa (four cases). Willie Saunders, v. Kemp et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Thomas Rhodes , Samuel Aaron Emas , Hunter Rhodes LLC, 266 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, for Appellant in S21A1261, S21A1262.

Joshua Barrett Belinfante , Javier Pico-Prats , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, 500 14th St, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, Holly Anne Pierson , Pierson Law LLC, 3127 Maple Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lee M. Stoy, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-0819, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr. , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC, 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1120, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, Wayne Brown , General Counsel, Samuel Ethan Meller , Assistant General Counsel, Augusta Law Department, 535 Telfair Street, Bldg. 3000, Augusta, Georgia 30901-2009, George R. Hall , Hull Barrett, PC, PO Box 1564, Augusta, Georgia 30903-1564, William James Keogh, III , James Christopher Driver , County Attorney, Hull Barrett, PC, 801 Broad Street, Ste 700, Augusta, Georgia 30901-1564, Barry Abbott Fleming , Paul Simon Patterson Williams , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30809, for Appellee in S21A1261.

Joshua Barrett Belinfante , Javier Pico-Prats , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, 500 14th St, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, Holly Anne Pierson , Pierson Law LLC, 3127 Maple Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lee M. Stoy, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-0819, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr. , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC, 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1120, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, Wayne Brown , General Counsel, Samuel Ethan Meller , Assistant General Counsel, Augusta Law Department, 535 Telfair Street, Bldg. 3000, Augusta, Georgia 30901-2009, George R. Hall , Hull Barrett, PC, PO Box 1564, Augusta, Georgia 30903-1564, William James Keogh, III , James Christopher Driver , County Attorney, Hull Barrett, PC, 801 Broad Street, Ste 700, Augusta, Georgia 30901-1564, Barry Abbott Fleming , Paul Simon Patterson Williams , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30809, for Appellee in S21A1262.

Holly Anne Pierson , Pierson Law LLC, 3127 Maple Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-0819, Joshua Barrett Belinfante , Javier Pico-Prats , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, 500 14th St, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr. , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC, 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1120, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, for Appellant in S21X1326, S22X0007.

Barry Abbott Fleming , Paul Simon Patterson Williams , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30809, Wayne Brown , General Counsel, Samuel Ethan Meller , Assistant General Counsel, Augusta Law Department, 535 Telfair Street, Bldg. 3000, Augusta, Georgia 30901-2009, George R. Hall , Hull Barrett, PC, PO Box 1564, Augusta, Georgia 30903-1564, William James Keogh, III , James Christopher Driver , County Attorney, Hull Barrett, PC, 801 Broad Street, Ste 700, Augusta, Georgia 30901-1564, for Other Party in S21X1326, S22X0007.

Joseph Thomas Rhodes , Samuel Aaron Emas , Hunter Rhodes LLC, 266 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, for Appellee in S21X1326.

Joseph Thomas Rhodes , Samuel Aaron Emas , Hunter Rhodes LLC, 266 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, John B. Long , Thomas W. Tucker , Tucker Long, PC, P. O. Box 2426, Augusta, Georgia 30903-2426, for Appellee in S22X0007.

John B. Long , Thomas W. Tucker , Tucker Long, P.C., P.O. BOX 2426, Augusta, Georgia, 30903-2426, for Appellant in S21A1263.

Joshua Barrett Belinfante , Javier Pico-Prats , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, 500 14th St, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, James Christopher Driver , County Attorney, William James Keogh, III , Hull Barrett PC, 801 Broad Street, Suite 700, Augusta, Georgia 30901, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr. , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC, 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1120, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-0819, Joseph Thomas Rhodes , Samuel Aaron Emas , Hunter Rhodes LLC, 266 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, George R. Hall , Hull Barrett, PC, PO Box 1564, Augusta, Georgia 30903-1564, Wayne Brown , General Counsel, Samuel Ethan Meller , Augusta Law Department, 535 Telfair Street, Bldg. 3000, Augusta, Georgia 30901-2009, Barry Abbott Fleming , Paul Simon Patterson Williams , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30809, for Appellee in S21A1263.


On March 25, 2021, Governor Kemp signed into law Senate Bill 9 ("SB 9"), which created from the former Augusta Judicial Circuit two new judicial circuits: the Columbia Judicial Circuit, comprised of Columbia County, and the Augusta Judicial Circuit, comprised of Burke and Richmond Counties. The judicial circuit split, which was...

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