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MEMORANDUM OPINION ROBERT E. PAYNE, Senior District Judge: This case challenges the constitutionality of twelve Virginia House of Delegates districts (the “Challenged Districts”) as racial gerrymanders in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The case is ripe for decision following a four-day bench trial at which the parties presente

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge: The plaintiffs, 12 Virginia registered voters, filed this civil action in 2014, alleging racial gerrymandering in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Dkt. No. 1; Am. Compl. ¶¶ 1, 7-18. They contend that the Virginia General Assembly (the legislature) predominantly relied on race in constructing 12

JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court: The Board of Trustees (Board) of the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago (Pension Fund) revoked certain pension credits previously credited to plaintiff on the basis of the Board’s erroneous interpretation of certain 1987 amendments to the Illinois Pension Code (Pension Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, c

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DR. RALPH DE LA TORRE, M.D., Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:24-cv-02776 (TNM) BILL CASSIDY, M.D., in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the United States Senate, et al., Defendants.

Case: 24-30115 Document: 309-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/14/2025 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED August 14, 2025

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan June 29, 2018 Stephen J. Markman, Chief Justice 155498

MEMORANDUM OPINION Roger L. Gregory, United States Circuit Judge Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory wrote the majority opinion, in which District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., joined and filed a separate concurrence. District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., joined in part and filed a dissent as to Part II.A.2: “[T]he Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment ... desired to place clear limits on the S

USCA4 Appeal: 25-1004 Doc: 46 Filed: 03/24/2026 Pg: 1 of 33 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 25-1004 LATASHA ROUSE; EXABIA ROUSE; DANIEL RILEY; JESSICA RILEY; OSCAR DAVINES; SHERRYL DAVINES, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. MATTHEW F

W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE *1302This case is a challenge to the method of electing members of the Board of Education in Sumter County, Georgia. (Doc. 1.). The plaintiff, Mathis Kearse Wright, Jr., contends that the current election plan's two at-large seats and high concentration of African-American voters in Districts 1 and 5 dilute African-

Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court. 1 1 The public school financing system enacted by the General Assembly complies with the Colorado Constitution. It is rationally related to the constitutional mandate that the General Assembly provide a "thorough and uniform" system of public education. Colo. Const. art. IX, § 2 (the "Education Clause"). It also affords local school districts control over loc

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,092 FAITH RIVERA et al., TOM ALONZO et al., and SUSAN FRICK et al., Appellees, v. SCOTT SCHWAB, Kansas Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity, and MICHAEL ABBOTT, Wyandotte County Election Commissioner, in His Official Capacity,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,092 FAITH RIVERA et al., TOM ALONZO et al., and SUSAN FRICK et al., Appellees, v. SCOTT SCHWAB, Kansas Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity, and MICHAEL ABBOTT, Wyandotte County Election Commissioner, in His Official Capacity,

(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit

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MEMORANDUM OPINION James A. Wynn, Jr., United States Circuit Judge Circuit Judge James A. Wynn, Jr., wrote the opinion, in which District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder and District Judge Catherine C. Eagles joined: More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court considered a legal challenge to election districts that assigned voters to districts primarily on the basis of race. Shaw v. Reno (Shaw

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed June 2, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-20-00445-CV IN THE INTEREST OF G.S. AND T.S., MINOR CHILDREN On Appeal from the 310th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2012-04758 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Savvas Stefanides (

OPINION Thomas L. Perkins, United States Bankruptcy Judge This matter is before the Court on the Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The plaintiff is the chapter 7 Trustee of the estate of the Debtor, Sandburg Mall Realty Management LLC, an Illinois limited liability company that owned a retail shopping m

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued January 3, 2020 Decided February 28, 2020 No. 19-5331 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APPELLEE v. DONALD F. MCGAHN, II, APPELLANT Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCSC-17 No. 413PA21 Filed 14 February 2022 REBECCA HARPER; AMY CLARE OSEROFF; DONALD RUMPH; JOHN ANTHONY BALLA; RICHARD R. CREWS; LILY NICOLE QUICK; GETTYS COHEN, JR.; SHAWN RUSH; JACKSON THOMAS DUNN, JR.; MARK S. PETERS; KATHLEEN BARNES; VIRGINIA WALTERS BRIEN; and DAVID DWIGHT BROWN v. REPRESENTATIVE DESTIN HALL, in his official

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCSC-17 No. 413PA21 Filed 14 February 2022 REBECCA HARPER; AMY CLARE OSEROFF; DONALD RUMPH; JOHN ANTHONY BALLA; RICHARD R. CREWS; LILY NICOLE QUICK; GETTYS COHEN, JR.; SHAWN RUSH; JACKSON THOMAS DUNN, JR.; MARK S. PETERS; KATHLEEN BARNES; VIRGINIA WALTERS BRIEN; and DAVID DWIGHT BROWN v. REPRESENTATIVE DESTIN HALL, in his official