Abbott v. Perez
Application for a stay pending appeal granted on September 12, 2017.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Challengers ask Supreme Court to speed up Texas redistricting cases (Amy Howe, September 15, 2017)
- Justices stay lower-court rulings striking down Texas redistricting maps, ordering new ones (Amy Howe, September 13, 2017)
- Challengers urge justices to sit out Texas redistricting battle for now (Amy Howe, September 5, 2017)
- Alito puts Texas redistricting case on hold (Amy Howe, August 28, 2017)
- Texas asks Supreme Court to intervene in redistricting battle (Amy Howe, August 25, 2017)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 08/25/2017 | Application (17A225) for a stay pending appeal, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| 08/28/2017 | IT IS ORDERED that the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, case No. SA-11-CV-360, entered August 15, 2017, is hereby stayed pending receipt of a response, due on or before Tuesday, September 5, 2017, by 3 p.m. ET, and further order of Justice Alito or of the Court. |
| 09/01/2017 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by the States of Louisiana, et al. |
| 09/05/2017 | Response to application from respondents Shannon Perez, et al. filed. |
| 09/07/2017 | Reply of applicants Greg Abbott, et al. filed. |
| 09/12/2017 | Application (17A225) referred to the Court. |
| 09/12/2017 | Application (17A225) granted by the Court. The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, case No. SA-11-CV-360, entered August 15, 2017, is stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of an appeal to this Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would deny the application. |
| 09/15/2017 | Letter from counsel for respondents received. |
| 09/25/2017 | Respondents’ letter to the Clerk, dated September 15, 2017, is construed as a motion and denied. |
| 01/18/2018 | Motion of American Civil Rights Union for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (February 05, 2018) |
| 01/18/2018 | Motion of American Civil Rights Union for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (February 05, 2018) |