RUCHO v. COMMON CAUSE

Nos. 18-422 and 18-726.

139 S.Ct. 2484 (2019)

Robert A. RUCHO, et al., Appellants v. COMMON CAUSE, et al.; and Linda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants. v. O. John Benisek, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , Washington, DC, for the appellants in No. 18-422.

Emmet J. Bondurant, II , Atlanta, GA, for appellees Common Cause, et al.

Allison J. Riggs , Durham, NC, for appellees The League of Women Voters of North Carolina.

Solicitor General Steven M. Sullivan for the appellants in No. 18-726.

Michael B. Kimberly , Washington, DC, for the respondents in No. 18-726.

Phillip J. Strach , Michael D. McKnight , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Raleigh, NC, Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Andrew C. Lawrence , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellants Robert A. Rucho, David R., Lewis, Timothy K. Moore, and Philip E. Berger.

Gregory L. Diskant , Jonah M. Knobler , Peter A. Nelson , Elena Steiger Reich , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, Emmet J. Bondurant , Benjamin W. Thorpe , Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, GA, Edwin M. Speas, Jr. , Steven B. Epstein , Caroline P. Mackie , Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, NC, Richard H. Pildes , New York, NY, for Appellees Common Cause, et al.

Nicholas Stephanopoulos , University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, Allison J. Riggs, Jaclyn Maffetore , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Paul M. Smith , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, Ruth M. Greenwood , Annabelle E. Harless , Campaign Legal Center, Chicago, IL, for Appellees League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al.


Voters and other plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland challenged their States' congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The North Carolina plaintiffs complained that the State's districting plan discriminated against Democrats; the Maryland plaintiffs...

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