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ABBOTT v. PEREZ

Nos. 17-586, 17-626.

138 S.Ct. 2305 (2018)

585 U.S. 579

Greg ABBOTT, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants, v. Shannon PEREZ, et al. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants, v. Shannon Perez, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Appellants.

Edwin S. Kneedler , for Appellee United States supporting the Appellants.

Max Renea Hicks , Austin, TX, for Appellees in No. 17-586.

Allison J. Riggs , Durham, NC, for Appellees in No. 17-626.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, Matthew H. Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Andrew B. Davis , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Appellants.

José Garza , Martin Golando , Garza Golando Moran, PLLC, San Antonio, TX, for appellee Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House of Representatives.David Richards, Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP, Austin, TX, for Appellees Shannon Perez, et al.

Renea Hicks , Law Office of Max Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, Marc E. Elias , Bruce V. Spiva , Aria C. Branch , Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Abha Khanna , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for Appellees Eddie Rodriguez, et al.

Allison J. Riggs , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Robert Notzon , Law Office of Robert S. Notzon, Austin, TX, Victor L. Goode , NAACP, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al.

Luis R. Vera, Jr. , Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., San Antonio, TX, for Appellees LULAC, et al.

Gary L. Bledsoe , Potter Bledsoe, LLP, Austin, TX, for Appellees Congressmembers Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green and NAACP Intervenor Howard Jefferson.

J. Gerald Hebert , J. Gerald Hebert, P.C., Alexandria, VA, Mark P. Gaber , Washington, DC, Jessica Ring Amunson , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Gerald H. Goldstein , Goldstein, Goldstein, & Hilley, San Antonio, TX, Donald H. Flanary, III , Flanary Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, Jesse Gaines , Fort Worth, TX, for Appellees Margarita Quesada, et al.

Rolando L. Rios , Law Offices of Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, TX, for Appellee Congressman Henry Cuellar.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.

Before us for review are orders of a three-judge court in the Western District of Texas effectively directing the State not to conduct this year's elections using districting plans that the court itself adopted some years earlier. The court developed those plans for use in the 2012 elections pursuant...

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