Decided
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder
Judgment
Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by John Roberts on Jun 22, 2009.
Merit briefs
- Brief for Appellant Northwest Municipal Utility District Number One
- Brief for Appellee Travis County
- Brief for Federal Appellee
- Brief Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches, Austin Branch of The NAACP, and Nathaniel Lesane
- Brief Intervenor-Appellee Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al., Lisa and David Diaz, et al., Angie Garcia, et al., and People for the American Way
- Reply Brief for Appellant Northwest Municipal Utility District Number One
Amicus briefs
- Brief for the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation and the Goldwater Institute in Support of Appellant
- Brief for the Southeastern Legal Foundation in Support of Appellant
- Brief for the Mountain States Legal Foundation in Support of Appellant
- Brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation, the Center for Equal Opportunity, and Project 21 in Support of Appellant
- Brief for Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue in Support of Appellant
- Brief for Dr. Abigail Thernstrom and Former Justice Department Officials in Support of Appellant
- Brief for the Constitutional Accountability Center in Support of Appellees
- Brief for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, American Citizens for Justice, the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago The Asian American Bar Association of New York, the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, Asian American Lead, the Asian American Society of Central Virginia, Asian Community Development Corporation of Boston, the Asian Pacific American Agenda Coalition, Asian the Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, the Asian Pacific Islander American Vote, the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, the Chinese American Voters Association, Chinese Progressive Association, the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia, Filipino American Human Services, Inc., the Korean American League for Civic Action, the Korean American Resource & Cultural Center, the Korean American Voters’ Council of NY & NJ, Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington, DC Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association, MassVOTE, the Muslim Bar Association of New York, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, the North American South Asian Bar Association, OCA, One Lowell, One Nevada, the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, Providence Youth and Student Movement, The Sikh Coalition, South Asian Americans Leading Together, South Asian Bar Association of Michigan South Asian Bar Association of New York, South Asian Youth Action!, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans, and YKASEC – Empowering the Korean American Community in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law in Support of Appellee and Intervenor-Appellees
- Brief for the Nicholas deB Katzenbach, Drew S. Days, III, John R. Dunne, Brian K. Landsberg, Bill Lann Lee, J. Stanley Pottinger, James P. Turner in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the LCCR Education Fund, et al., in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the American Bar Association in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Julius Chambers, Armand Derfner, James U. Blacksher, Anita Earls, Robert Mcduff, Edward Still, Ellis Turnage, Cynthia Mccottry Smith, Bernard R. Fielding, Marjorie Amos-Frazier, Lee H. Moultrie, Southern Echo, and Democracy North Carolina in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Jurisdictions That Have Bailed Out Under the Voting Rights Act in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Former Republican Officeholders in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Barbara Lee, Member of Congress and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Nydia Velazquez, Member of Congress and Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Michael Honda, Member of Congress and Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, et al., in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Alaska Native Voters and Tribes in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Members of the Texas House of Representatives in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the Honorable Congressman John Lewis in Support of Appellee and Intervenor-Appellee
- Brief for the Navajo Nation, Anthony Wounded Head, Sr., Ivan Starr, Oliver J. Semans, Sr., and Dan McCool, in Support of Appellee
- Brief for Reps. John Conyers, Jr., F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, and Melvin L. Watt, and Former Rep. Steve Chabot in Support of Appellee
- Brief for the Honorable Bob Riley, Governor of the State of Alabama in Support of Neither Party
- Brief for Nathaniel Persily, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Charles Stewart III in Support of Neither Party
Certiorari-Stage Documents
Sep 8, 2008Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due October 10, 2008)
Sep 30, 2008Order extending time to file response to jurisdictional statement to and including November 10, 2008, for all appellees.
Oct 10, 2008Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Nov 4, 2008Order further extending time to file response to the jurisdictional statement to and including November 24, 2008, for all appellees.
Nov 18, 2008Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 26, 2008, for all appellees.
Nov 26, 2008Motion to affirm filed by appellee Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General.
Nov 26, 2008Motion to affirm filed by appellees Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP, et al.
Dec 9, 2008Reply of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed. (Distributed) TBP
Dec 10, 2008DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009.
Jan 9, 2009PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED The brief of appellant is to be filed on or before Thursday, February 19, 2009. The brief of appellees is to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 18, 2009. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
Jan 21, 2009Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for all intervenor-appellees (other than the Attorney General of the United States).
Jan 23, 2009Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the appellant.
Jan 29, 2009Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the Diaz Intervenor-Appellees.
Feb 19, 2009Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Feb 19, 2009Brief of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed.
Feb 23, 2009SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
Feb 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation Goldwater Institute filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amici curiae of Dr. Abigail Thernstrom and Former Justice Department Officials filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama in support of neither party filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amici curiae of Nathaniel Persily, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Charles Stewart III in support of neither party filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Feb 26, 2009Brief amicus curiae of the Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 9, 2009Record from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia is electronically filed.
Mar 13, 2009DISTRIBUTED.
Mar 18, 2009Brief of appellee Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Mar 18, 2009Brief of appellees Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 18, 2009Brief of appellees Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 18, 2009Brief of appellee Travis County filed. (Distributed)
Mar 19, 2009Letter from counsel for Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis, et al. proposing to lodge copies of letters issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Mar 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Members of the Texas House of Representatives filed. (Distributed).
Mar 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Motion for divided argument filed by appellees Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General.
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Alaska Native Voters and Tribes filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Former Republican Officeholders filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Asian American Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Navajo Nation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Jurisdictions That Have Bailed Out Under the Voting Rights Act filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Julius Chambers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed.
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Reps. John Conyers, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 25, 2009Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Congressman John Lewis filed.
Mar 25, 2009Brief amici curiae of Barbara Lee, Member of Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 30, 2009Application (08A855) for leave to file appellant's reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limitation, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Apr 1, 2009Application (08A855) denied by The Chief Justice.
Apr 3, 2009Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
Apr 15, 2009Reply of appellant Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One filed. (Distributed)
Apr 29, 2009Argued. For appellant: Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, Tex. For appellee Holder: Neal K. Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For intervenor-appellees: Debo P. Adegbile, New York, N.Y.
Jun 22, 2009Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.
Jul 24, 2009JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Recommended Citation: Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/northwest-austin-municipal-utility-district-number-one-v-eric-holder-jr-attorney-general-et-al/