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PERRY v. PEREZ

Nos. 11-713, 11-714, 11-715.

132 S.Ct. 934 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 900

Rick PERRY, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon PEREZ, et al. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al. Appellants v. Wendy Davis, et al. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian J. Ward , Yetter Coleman LLP, Austin, TX, for Appellant Steve Munisteri.

Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Jonathan Mitchell , Solicitor General of Texas, David J. Schenck , James D. Blacklock , J. Reed Clay, Jr. , Matthew H. Frederick , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Paul D. Clement , Counsel of Record, Conor B. Dugan , Jeffrey M. Harris , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Renea Hicks , Counsel of Record, Law Office of Max Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, for Rodriguez Appellees.

John Devaney , Marc E. Elias , Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Hamilton , Abha Khanna , Lisa Marshall Manheim , Noah Guzzo Purcell , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for Rodriguez Respondents.

Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. , Counsel of Record, LULAC National General Counsel, San Antonio, TX, for LULAC.

Karen Kennard , City Attorney, Austin, TX, for City of Austin.

David A. Escamilla , Travis County Attorney, Austin, TX, for Travis County, Austin, TX, for Travis County.

Paul M. Smith , Counsel of Record, Michael B. DeSanctis , Jessica Ring Amunson , Caroline D. Lopez , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, J. Gerald Hebert , J. Gerald Hebert, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Quesada Appellee.

Paul M. Smith , Counsel of Record, Michael B. DeSanctis , Jessica Ring Amunson , Caroline D. Lopez , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, David Richards , Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith LLP, Austin, TX, J. Gerald Hebert , J. Gerald Hebert, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Davis Appellees.

Nina Perales , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, Counsel of Record, Appellee Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, et al., Jose Garza , Law Office of Jose Garza, San Antonio, TX, Pamela Karlan , Stanford, CA, Joaquin G. Avila , Seattle, WA, for Appellee MALC,

Richard E. Gray, III , Gray and Baker, P.C., Austin, TX, David Richards , Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith LLP, for Appellees Perez, et al.

Anita Earls , Counsel of Record, Allison Riggs, Durham, NC, Robert S. Notzon , Law Office of Robert S. Notzon, Austin, TX, Victor Goode , Assistance General Counsel, Baltimore, MD, for Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches, Bill Lawson, and Juanita Wallace.

Gary Bledsoe , Law Offices of Gary L. Bledsoe and Associates, Austin, TX, for Howard Jefferson and Congresspersons Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson-Lee and Alexander Green.

PER CURIAM.

The 2010 census showed an enormous increase in Texas' population, with over four million new residents. That growth required the State to redraw its electoral districts for the United States Congress, the State Senate, and the State House of Representatives, in order to comply with the Constitution's one-person, one-vote rule. See Georgia v. Ashcroft, 539 U.S. 461, 488, n. 2, 123 S.Ct. 2498, 156 L.Ed.2d 428 (2003...

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