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WOMEN VOTERS v. REDIST. COMM.

Nos. 2021-1193, 2021-1198, and 2021-1210.

200 N.E.3d 197 (2022)

168 Ohio St.3d 522

2022-Ohio-1727

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO et al. v. OHIO REDISTRICTING COMMISSION et al. Bennett et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al. Ohio Organizing Collaborative et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 25, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Freda J. Levenson , and David J. Carey ; American Civil Liberties Union, Alora Thomas , and Julie A. Ebenstein ; and Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Robert D. Fram , Donald Brown , Joshua González , David Denuyl , Alexander Thomson , Anupam Sharma , and Yale Fu , for petitioners in case No. 2021-1193.

McTigue, Colombo & Clinger, L.L.C., Donald J. McTigue , and Derek S. Clinger , Columbus; and Elias Law Group, L.L.P., Abha Khanna , Ben Stafford , Jyoti Jasrasaria , Spencer W. Klein , Harleen K. Gambhir , and Raisa M. Cramer , for petitioners in case No. 2021-1198.

Reed Smith, L.L.P., Peter M. Ellis , M. Patrick Yingling , Brian A. Sutherland , Ben R. Fliegel , Brad A. Funari , and Danielle L. Stewart ; and Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, Alicia L. Bannon , Yurij Rudensky , and Harry Black , for petitioners in case No. 2021-1210.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, and Organ Law, L.L.P., Erik J. Clark , and Ashley T. Merino , special counsel to Attorney General Dave Yost, for respondent Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, and Zeiger, Tigges & Little, L.L.P., John W. Zeiger , Marion H. Little Jr. , and Christopher J. Hogan , special counsel to Attorney General Dave Yost, for respondent Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Jonathan Blanton , Deputy Attorney General, Michael J. Hendershot , Deputy Solicitor, and Julie M. Pfeiffer and Michael A. Walton , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., W. Stuart Dornette , Beth A. Bryan , and Philip D. Williamson , Cincinnati; and Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Phillip J. Strach , Thomas A. Farr , John E. Branch III , and Alyssa M. Riggins , for respondents Senator Robert McColley and Representative Jeffrey LaRe.

Cooper & Elliott, L.L.C., C. Benjamin Cooper , Charles H. Cooper Jr. , Columbus, and Chelsea C. Weaver , for respondents Senator Vernon Sykes and House Minority Leader Allison Russo.

Mark G. Kafantaris , Columbus; and Center for Competitive Democracy and Oliver Hall, in support of petitioners' objections for amici curiae Center for Competitive Democracy, Professor Ruth Colker, and Professor Mark Brown.

Belinda Spinosi, pro se, in support of petitioners' objections as amicus curiae, in case No. 2021-1193.

{¶ 1} Respondent Ohio Redistricting Commission1 adopted four General Assembly-district plans between September 2021 and March 2022. We invalidated each of those plans because they did not comply with Article XI, Sections 6(A) and 6(B) of the Ohio Constitution...

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