HARRIS v. ARIZONA IND. REDISTRICTING COM'N

No. 14-232.

136 S.Ct. 1301 (2016)

194 L. Ed. 2d 497

Wesley W. HARRIS, et al., appellants, v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Hearne, II , Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Mark Brnovich , Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Appellee Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan.

Paul M. Smith , Washington, DC, for Appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.

Sarah E. Harrington for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.

Mark F. (Thor) Hearne, II , Stephen S. Davis , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen G. Larson , Robert C. O'Brien , Hugh Hewitt , Steven A. Haskins , Arent Fox LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David J. Cantelme , Cantelme & Brown PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Appellants.

Mark Brnovich , Attorney General of Arizona, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Phoenix, AZ, Dalton Lamar Oldham, Jr. , Dalton L Oldham LLC, Columbia, SC, E. Mark Braden , Richard B. Raile , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, Jason Torchinsky , Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Warrenton, VA, for Appellee Arizona Secretary of State.

Mary R. O'Grady , Joseph Roth , Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, Joseph A. Kanefield , Ballard Spahr LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Paul M. Smith , Jessica Ring Amunson , Emily L. Chapuis , Zachary C. Schauf , Alex Trepp , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.


Appellants, a group of Arizona voters, challenge a redistricting plan for the State's legislature on the ground that the plan's districts are insufficiently equal in population. See Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 577, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L.Ed.2d 506 (1964)....

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