Last Updated: May 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM
League of Women Voters of Illinois v. Quinn
Case Information
Date Filed: September 1, 2011
State: Illinois
Issue: Redistricting
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Case 1:11-cv-05569); Supreme Court of the United States (Case 11-943)
Issue:
Whether Illinois' redistricting plan violates the First Amendment guarantee of free expression.
Status:
Complaint filed 9/01/11. Motion to Dismiss Granted 10/28/11. Summary Affirmance by Supreme Court 5/21/12.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 9/01/11) - First Amended Complaint (filed
9/01/11)
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (filed
9/08/11)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to
Dismiss (filed 9/08/11)
- Plaintiff's Opposition to
Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/23/11)
- Reply in Support of Motion to
Dismiss (filed 9/30/11)
- Order Granting Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/28/11)
- Judgment Entered (filed
10/28/11)
- Motion to Reconsider (filed
11/10/11)
- Motion to Reconsider Denied (11/16/11)
- Notice of Appeal (filed 11/28/11)
- Transmission of Appeal (filed
12/06/11)
- Letter Informing of Appeals Docket Number (filed 1/27/12)
Supreme Court Documents
- Statement of
Jurisdiction (filed 1/27/12)
- Motion to Affirm filed by Governor Pat Quinn (filed 4/19/12)
- Reply (filed 4/30/12)
- Summary Affirmance (5/21/12)
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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