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11/19/2003
Below are links to Jenner & Block's brief as well as many of the other documents, including amicus briefs, filed with the Court in Vieth v. Jubelirer, No. 02-1580, the U.S. Supreme Court's first partisan-gerrymandering case since the 1986 decision in Davis v. Bandemer.
Jenner & Block argued the case before the Court on December 10, 2003. The Justices released their decision on April 28, 2004.
In the 17 years since the Bandemer decision, no congressional or state-legislative districting plan has been invalidated as a partisan gerrymander. In Vieth v. Jubelirer, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a partisan-gerrymandering challenge to a recent Pennsylvania congressional redistricting plan.
The Jenner & Block legal team on this matter included Partners Paul M. Smith, Sam Hirsch, Thomas J. Perrelli, Bruce V. Spiva, and Associates Dan Mach and Lee S. Taylor.
In December 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to the Texas congressional redistricting plan passed in 2003. For documents before the Court in that case, please click here or visit http://www.jenner.com/TXredistricting.
- U.S. Supreme Court's Decision (April 28, 2004)
- Transcript of December 10, 2003 Argument before Supreme Court
- Jurisdictional Statement & Appendix (April 25, 2003)
- Motion to Affirm of Appellees Jubelirer and Perzel (May 30, 2003)
- Motion to Affirm of Appellees Rendell, Knoll, Cortes, and Accurti (May 30, 2003)
- Appellants’ Brief Opposing Motions to Affirm (June 9, 2003)
- Probable Jurisdiction Noted (June 27, 2003)
- Brief for Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Joint Appendix (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of Amici Curiae Texas House Democratic Caucus and U.S. Representatives John Lewis, Chris Bell, Martin Frost, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Nick Lampson in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of Amici Curiae Jack N. Rakove, Alexander Keyssar, Peter S. Onuf, and Rosemarie Zagarri in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief Amicus Curiae of Pennsylvania Voters JoAnn Erfer and Jeffrey B. Albert in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of Political Scientists Bernard Grofman and Gary Jacobson as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party (August 27, 2003)
- Brief of Amici Curiae The Reform Institute, Thomas Mann, and Norman Ornstein in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Amicus Brief of Public Citizen, Common Cause, Democracy 21, and Center for Voting and Democracy in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae, The Democratic Leader of the Senate of Pennsylvania, in Support of Appellants (August 28, 2003)
- Brief of the Center for Research into Governmental Processes, Inc. as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of the DKT Liberty Project as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants (August 29, 2003)
- Brief of [Legislative] Appellees (October 17, 2003)
- Brief of Appellees Cortes and Accurti (October 17, 2003)
- Brief of Amici Curiae Leadership of the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives (October 17, 2003)
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Letter from Counsel for Governor Edward G. Rendell and Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll (October 17, 2003)
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Motion of Appellees Cortes and Accurti for Divided Argument (filed October 30, 2003; granted November 17, 2003)
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Appellants' Reply Brief (November 19, 2003)
Practice Groups:
Appellate and Supreme Court Practice
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