| 01/28/2022 | Application (21A375) for a stay or injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| 01/28/2022 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 9, 2022) |
| 01/28/2022 | Response to application (21A375) requested by Justice Thomas, due by noon on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. |
| 01/31/2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Louisiana, et al. VIDED. |
| 01/31/2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by John Wahl, Chairman, Alabama State Republican Executive Committee. |
| 02/01/2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by The National Republican Redistricting Trust. |
| 02/01/2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by United States Representatives from Alabama. VIDED. |
| 02/01/2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Alabama Center for Law and Liberty. VIDED. |
| 02/02/2022 | Response to application from respondents Evan Milligan, et al. filed. |
| 02/02/2022 | Reply of applicants John Merrill, et al. filed. |
| 02/07/2022 | Application (21A375) referred to the Court. |
| 02/07/2022 | Application (21A375) granted by the Court. The application is treated as a jurisdictional statement (No. 21-1086), and probable jurisdiction is noted. The district court's January 24, 2022 preliminary injunction in No. 2:21-cv-1530 is stayed pending further order of the Court. Justice Kavanaugh, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). The Chief Justice dissenting from grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). Justice Kagan, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Sotomayor join, dissenting from grant of applications for stays. (Detached opinion). |
| 02/22/2022 | This case is consolidated with No. 21-1087, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The question presented in these cases is: Whether the District Courts in these cases correctly found a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301. |
| 02/22/2022 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 21-1086. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 21-1086. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| 03/01/2022 | Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits. VIDED. |
| 03/04/2022 | Motion to modify or amend the question presented filed by appellees and respondents. VIDED. |
| 03/08/2022 | Joint motion of the parties to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, appellants', and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including April 25, 2022. The time to file appellees' and respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including July 11, 2022. VIDED. |
| 03/08/2022 | Application (21A493) of appellants/petitioners for leave to file consolidated opening and reply briefs on the merits, submitted to Justice Thomas. VIDED. |
| 03/08/2022 | Response of appellants and petitioners to the motion to modify or amend the question presented filed. VIDED. |
| 03/14/2022 | Application (21A493) granted by Justice Thomas for leave to file consolidated opening and reply briefs on the merits provided that the opening brief does not exceed 18,000 words and the reply brief does not exceed 10,000 words. VIDED. |
| 03/21/2022 | Upon consideration of the motion to modify or amend the question presented, the question presented in these cases is amended as follows: Whether the State of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U. S. C. §10301. VIDED. |
| 03/30/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Marcus Caster, et al. |
| 03/30/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Evan Milligan, et al. |
| 03/31/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. |
| 04/25/2022 | Joint appendix filed (three volumes). VIDED. (Statement of costs filed) |
| 04/25/2022 | Brief of appellants/petitioners John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 04/29/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| 04/29/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Senator John Braun, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 04/29/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Republican Redistricting Trust filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of John Wahl, Chairman, Alabama State Republican Executive Committee filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Singleton Plaintiffs in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers Democracy Fund filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amici curiae of The State of Louisiana, et al filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amici curiae of United States Representatives from Alabama filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal filed. VIDED. |
| 05/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Coastal Alabama Partnership filed. VIDED. |
| 06/14/2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 4, 2022. VIDED. |
| 06/22/2022 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of Birmingham, Alabama. |
| 06/24/2022 | Application of Milligan, et al. (21A869) to file appellees' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| 06/24/2022 | Application (21A871) of Caster, et al. to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| 06/30/2022 | Application (21A869) for leave to file appellees brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted by Justice Thomas. |
| 07/01/2022 | Application (21A871) to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted by Justice Thomas. |
| 07/11/2022 | Brief of respondents Marcus Caster, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 07/11/2022 | Brief of appellees Evan Milligan, et al. filed (in 21-1086). |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Senators and Congressional Staff Member-Supporters of the 1982 Voting Rights Act Amendments and 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama Historians filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Jowei Chen, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, and Christopher S. Warshaw filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Computational Redistricting Experts filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Republican Former Governors filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Travis Crum filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Representative Terri Sewell, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Local Governments filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Voting Rights Practitioners filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of U.W. Clemon, Fred D. Gray, Henry Sanders, the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, and Social Science Professors filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of UCLA Social Scientists filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of The Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 07/18/2022 | Motion for divided argument filed by appellees and respondents. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed. VIDED. |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 07/18/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Press Robinson, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 07/21/2022 | CIRCULATED |
| 07/22/2022 | Application (22A82) to extend the time to file appellants/petitioners consolidated reply brief on the merits from August 10, 2022 to August 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas. VIDED. |
| 07/29/2022 | Application (22A82) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file appellants'/petitioners' consolidated reply brief on the merits until August 24, 2022. VIDED. |
| 08/22/2022 | Motion for divided argument filed by appellees and respondents GRANTED. VIDED. |
| 08/22/2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED. VIDED. |
| 08/24/2022 | Reply of appellants/petitioners John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 10/04/2022 | Argued. For appellants/petitioners: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. For appellees: Deuel Ross, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Abha Khanna, Seattle, Wash. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting appellees/respondents: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General,
Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| 01/26/2023 | Notification regarding substitution of party pursuant to S. Ct. R. 35.3 filed. VIDED. |
| 06/08/2023 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part III–B–1. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., joined that opinion in full, and Kavanaugh, J., joined except for Part III–B–1. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in all but Part III–B–1. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined, in which Barrett, J., joined as to Parts II and III, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts II–A and II–B. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. VIDED. |
| 06/12/2023 | The stays heretofore entered by the Court on February 7, 2022, are vacated. See Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. ___ (2023). VIDED. |
| 07/10/2023 | Judgment issued. |
