Case History

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• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Supreme Court of the United States – Second Request for Stay (post new map)
• Remedial Process and Proposed Maps
• Supreme Court of the United States – First Request for Stay (pre new map)
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Remand to Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
• Notice of Removal
• Application for Extraordinary Relief
• Preliminary Objections and Answers to Petition for Review
• Application to Intervene
• Application to Stay
• Petition for Review
• Supreme Court of the United States – Petition for Writ of Certiorari

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

• Complaint
• Plaintiffs Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
• Plaintiffs Proposed Order
• Motion to Intervene (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• Brief in Support Motion to Intervene (Filed by National Democratic Redistricting Committee)
• Order Denying Temporary Restraining Order and Deferring Preliminary Injunction
• Opposition to League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania et al.’s Motion to Intervene
• Opposition to National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s Motion to Intervene
• Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motions to Intervene
• Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (Filed by National Democratic Redistricting Committee)
• Order on Motions to Intervene
• Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss
• Defendants’ Brief in Opposition to Preliminary Injunction
• Republican Caucus Amicus Brief
• McCann et al Amicus Brief
• Campaign Legal Center Amicus Brief
• Common Cause Amicus Brief
• Intervenors’ Brief in Support of Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• Intervenors’ Brief in Opposition to Preliminary Injunction (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• National Democratic Redistricting Committee Amicus Brief
• ACRU Amicus Brief
• Plaintiffs’ Brief in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Intervenor-Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
• Plaintiffs’ Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction
• Intervenors’ Reply in Support of Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or Alternatively to Dismiss (Filed by League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and 18 individual voters)
• Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
• Defendants’ Surreply Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
• Memorandum Opinion
• Order

Supreme Court of the United States – Second Request for Stay – Post New Map

• Legislative Respondents Emergency Request for Stay (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Plaintiffs’ Response In Opposition to Emergency Application for Stay Pending the Disposition of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• Opposition to Stay Application (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Concurrence to Stay Application (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Opposition to Stay Application (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• ACRU Amicus Brief
• Republican Party of Pennsylvania Amicus Brief
• Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund Amicus Brief
• Dick Thornburgh and Bill McCollum Amicus Brief
• Reply in Support of Emergency Request for Stay (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Order Denying Emergency Request for Stay

Remedial Process and Proposed Maps

• Shapefiles for Legislative Respondents’ Proposed Remedial  Map
• Legislative Respondents Brief in Support of Proposed Remedial Map
• Governor Wolf Letter to Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Lt. Governor Stack Brief and Plan
• Governor Wolf Brief and Plan
• Governor Wolf Shape Files
• Democratic House Caucus Plan
• Proposed Intervenors Plan
• Fair Democracy Amicus Brief and Plan
• Senate Democratic Caucus Plan and Shapefiles
• Adele Schneider and Stephen Wolf Amicus Brief and Plan
• Adele Schneider and Stephen Wolf Shapefiles, etc.
• American Civil Rights Union Amicus Brief
• Concerned Citizens Letter
• Petitioners Brief and Proposed Maps
• Shapefiles for Petitioners’ Proposed Remedial Maps
• Application for Approval of Election Calendar Adjustments (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Order Adopting Remedial Plan
• Remedial Plan Shapefiles
• Dissenting Opinion (Justice Mundy)
• Dissenting Opinion (Justice Baer)
• Dissenting Opinion (Chief Justice Saylor)
• Legislative Respondents’ Brief in Opposition to Proposed Remedial Plans
• Petitioners’ Reply in Support of Proposed Plans
• Notification re Implementation of Remedial Plan
• Textual Description of Congressional Districts

Supreme Court of the United States – First Request for Stay – Pre New Map

• Emergency Application for Stay (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Emergency Application for Stay (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Amicus Brief of Members of Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylania
• Amicus Brief of Secretaries of State
• Amicus Brief of The Republican Party of Pennsylvania
• Amicus Brief of Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and North Carolina
• Response in Opposition to Applications for Stay (Filed by Petitioners)
• Response in Opposition to Application for Stay of Legislative Applicants  (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Response in Opposition to Application for Stay of Proposed Intervenors (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Response in Opposition to Applications for Stay (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Reply to Response in Opposition to Applications for Stay (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Order Denying Application for Stay Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati
• Order Denying Application for Stay Filed by Proposed Intervenors

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

• Order Granting Application for Oral Argument
• Petitioners’ Opening Brief
• Amicus Brief of ACLU
• Amicus Brief of Brennan Center for Justice
• Amicus Brief of Campaign Legal Center
• Amicus Brief of Common Cause
• Amicus Brief of Grofman and Gaddie
• Amicus Brief of Political Science Professors
• Amicus Brief of The Pittsburgh Foundation
• Amicus Brief of Unions
• Brief of Respondents (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Brief of Respondent (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Brief of Respondents (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Brief of Intervenors (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Notice of Disclosure (Justice Donohue)
• Petitioners’ Reply Brief
• Order
• Concurring and Dissenting Statement (Justice Baer)
• Dissenting Statement (Chief Justice Saylor)
• Dissenting Statement (Justice Mundy)
• Respondents’ Application for Stay (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Application for Stay (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Petitioners’ Answer to Applications for Stay
• Respondents’ Answer to Applications for Stay (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Respondents’ Answer to Applications for Stay (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Order Denying Applications for Stay
• Order in Furtherance of January 22, 2018 Order
• Concurring and Dissenting Statement (Justice Baer)
• Letter stating No Census block equivalency or ESRI (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• No Answer Letter re ESRI shape files (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Petitioners’ Census block equivalency and ESRI shape files
• Letter re ESRI shape files (Filed by General Assembly)
• Letter re ESRI shape files (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• No Answer Letter re ESRI shape files (Filed by Speaker Turzai)
• Letter re ESRI shape files (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Application for Disqualification of Justice David Wecht and for Full Disclosure by Justice Christine Donohue (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Application for a Hearing on Application for Disqualification of Justice David Wecht and for Full Disclosure by Justice Christine Donohue (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Notice of Disclosure (Justice Mundy)
• Concurrence to Application for Disqualification (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Petitioners’ Answer to Application for Disqualification
• Answer to Application for Disqualification (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Answer to Application for Disqualification (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Response to Application for Full Disclosure (Justice Donohue)
• Order Denying Application for Hearing on Application for Full Disclosure
• Order Granting Application for Leave to File Reply Brief
• Reply Brief in Support of Application for Disqualification of Justice David Wecht and for Full Disclosure by Justice Christine Donohue (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Application for Disqualification
• Order Denying Application for a Hearing on the Application for Disqualification
• Majority Opinion
• Concurring and Dissenting Opinion (Justice Baer)
• Dissenting Opinion (Chief Justice Saylor)
• Dissenting Opinion (Justice Mundy)
• Application for Stay of Court’s Orders (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Answer to Second Application for Stay
• Answer to Application for Stay (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• No Answer to Application for Stay (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Order Denying Application for Stay of Court’s Orders

Remand to Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

• Scheduling Order
• Scheduling Order
• Emergency Application to Compel
• Brief in Support of the Institutional Speech or Debate Privilege of the Legislative Branch and Other Privileges (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Privilege Assertions (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Order Denying Emergency Application to Compel
• Intervenors’ Answer to Petition for Review and New Matter (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Supplemental Scheduling Order
• Petitioners’ Brief in Opposition to Privilege Assertions
• Memorandum and Order on Privilege Assertions
• Petitioners’ Application to Compel Production of Non-privileged Documents from Respondents Turzai and Scarnati
• Expert Report–Dr. Jowei Chen (Filed by the Plaintiffs)
• Expert Report–Dr. John Kennedy (Filed by the Plaintiffs)
• Expert Report–Dr. Wesley Pegden (Filed by the Plaintiffs)
• Expert Report–Dr. Christopher Warshaw (Filed by the Plaintiffs)
• Application to Preclude Introduction of Privileged Evidence Otherwise Obtained in the Agre Case (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Opposition to Application to Preclude Introduction of Privileged Evidence Otherwise Obtained in the Agre Case
• Expert Report–Wendy Tam Cho (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Expert Report–Nolan McCarty (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Expert Report–Dr. James Gimpel (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Decorum Order
• Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Intervenor Witness Testimony
• Motion in Limine to Exclude Certain Testimony by Jowei Chen (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Preclude Legislative Respondents from Offering Evidence or Argument About Their Intentions, Motivations, and Activities in Enacting the 2011 Plan
• Motion in Limine to Exclude Petitioners’ Exhibits 27-31, 33, and 135-161 (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony from Dr. Wendy Tam Cho
• Motion in Limine to Exclude Documents and/or Testimony Regarding Redmap (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony from Dr. James Gimpel
• Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Admit Evidence Produced by Speaker Turzai in Agre Litigation
• Petitioners’ Response to Legislative Respondents’ Motions in Limine
• Response to Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Preclude Legislative Respondents from Offering Evidence or Argument About Their Intentions, Motivations, and Activities in Enacting the 2011 Plan (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Response to Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Admit Evidence Produced by Speaker Turzai in Agre Litigation (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Response to Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony from Dr. Wendy Tam Cho (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Response to Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony from Dr. James Gimpel (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Response to Petitioners’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Intervenor Witness Testimony (Filed by Proposed Intervoners)
• Petitioners’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
• Respondents’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Respondents’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Respondents’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Respondents’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Filed by General Assembly)
• Respondents’ Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Filed by Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Recommended Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Written by Commonwealth Court Judge Judge P. Kevin Brobson)

Notice of Removal (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)

• Notice of Removal (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Emergency Motion to Remand
• Motion for Expedited Remand (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Certificate of Concurrence and Nonconcurrence (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Emergency Motion to Withdraw Notice of Removal (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Order Remanding Case
• Rep. Turzai’s Response to Emergency Motion to Withdraw Notice of Removal
• Plaintiffs’ Motion for Fees and Costs
• Defendant’s Brief in Opposition to Motion for Fees and Costs (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Fees and Costs
• Memorandum Granting Fees and Costs
• Order Granting Fees and Costs
• Defendant’s Notice of Appeal (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Defendant’s Motion to Stay Order Granting Fees and Costs (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Defendant’s Memorandum in Support of Motion to Stay (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Order Granting Motion to Stay
• Defendant’s Appeal from the Opinion and Order of the United States District Court
  For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Filed by President Pro Tempore Scarnati in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
• Brief of Appellees On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
• Brief of Appellees (Filed by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
• Opinion (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)

Application for Extraordinary Relief (PA Supreme Court)

• Application for Extraordinary Relief
• Respondents’ Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Notice of Disclosure (Justice Todd)
• Petitioners’ Application for Leave to File Reply
• Proposed Intervenors’ Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief
• Respondent’s Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Respondents’ Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Respondents’ No Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief (Filed by Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés and Commissioner of Elections Jonathan Marks)
• Respondent’s No Answer to Application for Extraordinary Relief (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Notice of Disclosure (Justice Mundy)
• Amended Notice of Disclosure (Justice Mundy)
• Order Granting Application for Extraordinary Relief

Preliminary Objections and Answers to Petition for Review (PA Commonwealth Court)

• Respondents’ Preliminary Objections (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Respondent’s Preliminary Objections (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Respondent’s Preliminary Objections (Filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
• Respondents’ Answer and New Matter (Filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Elections)
• Respondent’s Answer (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Petitioners’ Answer to the Preliminary Objections of General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati
• Petitioners’ Answer to the Preliminary Objections of the Office of the Governor
• Respondents’ Answer to the Preliminary Objections of the Office of the Governor (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Answer to the Preliminary Objections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Petitioners’ Reply to New Matter of Respondents Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés and Commissioner of Elections Jonathan Marks

Application to Intervene (PA Commonwealth Court)

• Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by Proposed Interveners)
• Petitioners’ Opposition to Application for Leave to Intervene
• Respondent’s Opposition to Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Respondent’s Answer to Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Respondents’ Answer to Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Elections)
• Brief in Support of Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)
• Affidavits for Brief in Support of Application for Leave to Intervene (Filed by Proposed Intervenors)

Application to Stay (PA Commonwealth Court)

• Respondents’ Application to Stay Case (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Respondents’ Brief in Support of Application to Stay Case (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Answer to Application to Stay
• Petitioners’ Brief in Opposition to Application to Stay
• Respondent’s Answer to Application to Stay (Filed by the Office of the Governor)
• Respondent’s Opposition to Application to Stay (Filed by the Office of the Lt. Governor)
• Respondents’ Answer to Application to Stay (Filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Elections)
• Petitioners’ Praecipe to Provide Supplemental Authority in Opposition to the Application to Stay
• Petitioners’ Motion for a Scheduling Conference and to Expedite Argument
• Respondents’ Reply Brief in Support of Application to Stay (Filed by General Assembly, Speaker Turzai, and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Petitioners’ Application for Leave to File Surreply
• Order Granting Application to Stay

Petition for Review (PA Commonwealth Court)

• Petition for Review (Filed by Petitioners: League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and individual voters)

Supreme Court of the United States – Petition for Writ of Certiorari

• Petition for Writ of Certiorari (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Brief in Opposition to Writ of Certiorari
• Brief in Opposition to Writ of Certiorari (Filed by Executive Branch respondents)
• Reply Brief (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Supplemental Appendix to Reply Brief (Filed by Speaker Turzai and President Pro Tempore Scarnati)
• Certiorari Denied