CARTER v. CHAPMAN

No. 7 MM 2022.

270 A.3d 444 (2022)

Carol Ann CARTER, Monica Parrilla, Rebecca Poyourow, William Tung, Roseanne Milazzo, Burt Siegel, Susan Cassanelli, Lee Cassanelli, Lynn Wachman, Michael Guttman, Maya Fonkeu, Brady Hill, Mary Ellen Balchunis, Tom DeWall, Stephanie Mcnulty and Janet Temin, Petitioners v. Leigh M. CHAPMAN, in her Official Capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in her Official Capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries, Respondents. Philip T. Gressman; Ron Y. Donagi; Kristopher R. Tapp; Pamela Gorkin; David P. Marsh; James L. Rosenberger; Amy Myers; Eugene Boman; Gary Gordon; Liz McMahon; Timothy G. Feeman; and Garth Isaak, Petitioners v. Leigh M. Chapman, in her Official Capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in her Official Capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: February 23, 2022.

Opinion Filed: March 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Jay Black, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Andrew Michael Rocco, Esq. , Benjamin David Geffen, Esq. , Mary M. McKenzie, Esq. , Public Interest Law Center (The), for Amicus Curiae Khalif Ali, et al.

Adam Craig Bonin, Esq. , The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin, for Amicus Curiae Charlene David, et al.

Thomas E. Breth, Esq. , Thomas W. King III, Esq. , Jordan Peter Shuber, Esq. , Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP, for Amicus Curiae Leslie Osche, et al. (Citizen-Voter).

Michael Coard, Esq. , for Amici Curiae Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity, NAACP Philadelphia Branch.

Kathleen A. Gallagher, Esq. , Russell David Giancola, Esq. , Gallagher Giancola LLC, for Amici Curiae Haroon Bashir, Valerie Biancaniello, Tegwyn Hughes, and Jeffrey Wenk.

Brian Anthony Gordon, Esq. , Gordon & Ashworth, P.C., for Amicus Curiae Concerned Citizens for Democracy.

Sean Michael Gresh, Esq. , Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, for Amiens Curiae Michael Brill, et al.

John P. Lavelle Jr., Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Joseph Amodei, et al.

James McCune, Esq. , Bowles Rice LLP, for Amicus Curiae Diana Irey Vaughn, et al.

Michael Wu-Kung Pfautz, Esq. , City of Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Nicholas Michael Centrella Jr., Esq. , Duane Morris LLP, for Delaware County Board of Elections.

Jonathan Franklin Mitchell, Esq. , Mitchell Law PLLC, Walter S. Zimolong III, Esq. , Zimolong LLC, for Possible Intervenor Daniels, Teddy.

Bernard T. Kozykowski Jr. , for Amicus Curiae Bernard T. Kozykowski Jr.

Jessica Amunson, Esq. , Lindsay Harrison, Esq. , Sam Hirsch, Esq. , Tassity Johnson, Esq. , Claire Lally, Esq. , April Otterberg, Esq. , Jenner & Block LLP, Shannon Elise McClure, Esq. , Devin Michael Misour, Esq. , Kim M. Watterson, Esq. , for Petitioner Philip T. Gressman, et al.

Robert Joseph Clark, Esq. , Michael R. McDonald, Esq. , Paul Keller Ort, Esq. , Marcel S. Pratt, Esq. , Edward David Rogers, Esq. , Ballard Spahr, LLP, Raisa M. Cramer, Esq. , Christina A. Ford, Esq. , Jyoti Jasrasaria, Esq. , Abha Khanna, Esq. , Lalith D. Madduri, Esq. , Joseph N. Posimato, Esq. , Elias Law Group LLC, Matthew P. Gordon, Esq. , Perkins Coie, LLP, for Petitioner Carol Ann Carter, et al.

Marco Santino Attisano, Esq. , Flannery Georgalis, LLC, Kevin Michael Greenberg, Esq. , Anthony Michael Pratt, Esq. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Clifford B. Levine, Esq. , Emma Frances Elizabeth Shoucair, Esq. , Dentons Cohen Grigsby , Corrie len Woods, Esq. , Woods Law Offices PLLC, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Daniel Thomas Brier, Esq. , Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, Matthew S. Salkowski, Esq. , Lam Dang Truong, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, David Samuel Senoff, Esq. , for Respondent Joanna McClinton.

Jeffry William Duffy, Esq. , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Patrick T. Lewis, Esq. , James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Robert J. Tucker, Esq. , for Respondents Bryan Cutler, Kerry Benninghoff.

Caleb Curtis Enerson, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, 16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA, John Brent Hill, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, for Respondents Jessica Mathis, Leigh M. Chapman.

Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq. , Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Esq. , Joshua John Voss, Esq. , Kleinbard LLC, Samantha G. Zimmer, Esq. , for Respondent Guy Reschenthaler, Jeffrey Varner, Tom Marino, Ryan Costello, Bud Shuster (Congressional Intervenor).

Anthony Richard Holtzman, Esq. , Jonathan Richard Vaitl, Esq. , K & L Gates LLP, for Respondents Jake Corman, Kim Ward.

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of State, for Respondent Bureau of Elections.

Dimitrios Mavroudis, Esq. , Caroline Layne Rice, Esq. , Robert Andrew Wiygul, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin Schiller, Jessica Ann Rickabaugh, Esq. , Joe H. Tucker Jr., Esq. , Tucker Law Group, LLC, for Respondents Tom Wolf, Jessica Mathis, Leigh M. Chapman.

BAER, C.J., TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.


OPINION

I. Introduction

Pennsylvania's current congressional districting plan is irrefutably unconstitutional based upon the reapportionment of the House of Representatives following the 2020 Decennial Census conducted pursuant to Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution...

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