CASE SUMMARY

On August 9, 2023, a coalition of civil rights organizations and Tennessee voters filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee’s Governor, Secretary of State, Coordinator of Elections, and the State Election Commission and its members challenging the state’s enacted congressional and state Senate districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders and as intentionally racially discriminatory. They sought a judicial declaration the plans were unconstitutional, a permanent injunction barring the plans from use in future elections, and for the court to require new, lawful congressional and state Senate plans be implemented.

• A three-judge district court panel was appointed on August 16, 2023.
• The panel dismissed Plaintiffs' claims on August 21, 2024, and gave them 30 days to replead their case.
• Plaintiffs elected to withdraw their remaining claims and the court dismissed the case with prejudice on September 25, 2024.

CASE LIBRARY/

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - No. 3:23-cv-00832

• Complaint - 8/9/23
• Order - 8/10/23
• Notification of Application for a Three-Judge Court - 8/10/23
• Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Response to Plaintiffs' Complaint - 8/15/23
• Order Appointing a Three-Judge Court - 8/16/23
• Order Granting Moton for Extension of Time to File Response to Plaintiffs' Complaint - 8/18/23
• Order - 8/29/23
• The Parties' Joint Status Report Regarding a Proposed Schedule for the Case - 9/8/23
• Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference - 9/29/23
• Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Increase Page Limits - 10/2/23
• Motion to Continue Initial Case Management Conference - 10/3/23
• Stipulation Regarding Discovery Procedures - 10/5/23
• Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaint - 10/10/23
• Memorandum in Support of the Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaint - 10/10/23
• Motion for Entry of Agreement Governing Discovery of Electronically Stored Information - 11/6/23
• Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaint - 11/7/23
• Initial Case Management Order - 11/9/23
• Reply in Support of the Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaint - 11/21/23
• Order - 3/21/24
• Order - 4/9/24
• Joint Motion to Set Briefing Schedule on Discovery Dispute - 4/18/24
• Order - 4/19/24
• Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Documents and Deposition Testimony of Legislators - 4/24/24
• Subpoena Recipients' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel, Motion to Quash and for a Protective Order, and Memorandum in Support - 5/6/24
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of their Motion to Compel and Plaintiffs' Opposition to Non-Party Legislators' Motion to Quash [...] - 5/16/24
• Subpoena Recipients' Reply Supporting Their Motion to Quash and for a Protective Order - 5/22/24
• Defendants' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 5/23/24
• Agreed Protective Order Regarding State Voter Registration Data - 5/31/24
• The Parties' Joint Motion for Extension of Discovery Timelines - 7/1/24
• Order - 7/8/24
• Unopposed Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Plaintiffs Memphis A Philip Randolph Institute and the Equite Alliance - 8/6/24
• Notice of Correction - 8/7/24
• Order - 8/12/24
• Order - 8/21/24
• Subpoena Recipients' Unopposed Motion to Hold All Pending Discovery Motions in Abeyance - 8/30/24
• Order - 9/6/24
• Plaintiffs' Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Their Claims Without Prejudice - 9/25/24
• Order - 9/25/24
• Entry of Judgment - 9/25/24