VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES v. BETHUNE-HILL

No. 18-281.

139 S.Ct. 1945 (2019)

VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, et al., Appellants v. Golden BETHUNE-HILL, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan L. Ratner for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, in support of neither party.

Paul D. Clement , Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Toby J. Heytens , Solicitor General, Richmond, VA, for Appellees Virginia State Board of Elections.

Marc E. Elias , Washington, DC, for Appellees Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.

Efrem M. Braden , Katherine L. McKnight , Richard B. Raile , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Andrew C. Lawrence , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Dalton L. Oldham, Jr. , Dalton L. Oldham LLC, Columbia, SC, for Appellants.

Kevin J. Hamilton , Abha Khanna , Ryan Spear , William B. Stafford , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Marc E. Elias , Bruce V. Spiva , Aria C. Branch , Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Stephen A. Cobb , Deputy Attorney General, Toby J. Heytens , Solicitor General, Matthew R. McGuire , Principal Deputy, Solicitor General, Michelle S. Kallen , Deputy Solicitor General, Brittany M. Jones , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Appellees.


The Court resolves in this opinion a question of standing to appeal. In 2011, after the 2010 census, Virginia redrew legislative districts for the State's Senate and House of Delegates. Voters in 12 of the impacted House districts sued two Virginia state agencies and four election officials (collectively...

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