Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-807	Oct 11, 2023	May 23, 2024	6-3	Alito	OT 2023

Holding: Because the district court"s finding that race predominated in the design of South Carolina"s first congressional district was clearly erroneous, the district court"s racial-gerrymandering and vote-dilution holdings cannot stand.

Judgment: Reversed in part and remanded in part, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Alito on May 23, 2024. Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in part. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Sotomayor and Jackson joined.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/17/2023	Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 29, 2023)
03/29/2023	Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
03/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed.
03/29/2023	Motion to affirm filed by appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al.
04/12/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
04/12/2023	Opposition to motion of Senate Appellants, et al. filed. (Distributed)
05/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/15/2023	Probable jurisdiction noted.
05/25/2023	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
06/01/2023	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2023. The time to file appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 11, 2023.
07/07/2023	Brief of Appellants filed.
07/07/2023	Joint appendix filed. (Distributed) (Statement of costs filed)
07/14/2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
07/14/2023	Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Governor Henry McMaster filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amici curiae of Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, and Russell Fry filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amici curiae of State of Alabama, et al. filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed.
07/14/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Fair Lines America Foundation filed.
07/17/2023	Record requested from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
07/18/2023	Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina electronically received and available with the Clerk.
07/27/2023	CIRCULATED
08/11/2023	Brief of appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed.
08/11/2023	Supplemental Joint appendix filed.(Distributed)
08/16/2023	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
08/18/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amici curiae of League of Women Voters of South Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amici curiae of Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos and Jowei Chen filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Congressman James E. Clyburn filed. (Distributed)
08/18/2023	Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed)
09/01/2023	Video exhibits from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina record electronically received and available with the Clerk.
09/11/2023	Reply of appellant Senate Appellants filed. (Distributed)
09/26/2023	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
10/11/2023	Argued. For appellants: John M. Gore, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Leah C. Aden, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae: Caroline A. Flynn, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
03/18/2024	Application (23A851) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.
03/21/2024	Response to application (23A851) requested by The Chief Justice, due by noon (EDT), on March 25, 2024.
03/25/2024	Response to application from respondents The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed.
03/26/2024	Reply of applicants in support of the application for stay filed.
03/28/2024	Letter of March 28, 2024 from counsel for Senate Appellants filed.
05/23/2024	Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART and REMANDED IN PART. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III–C. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined.
06/03/2024	Application (23A851) referred to the Court.
06/03/2024	Application (23A851) denied by the Court.
06/24/2024	Judgment Issued.