AGRE v. WOLF

Civil Action No. 17-4392.

284 F.Supp.3d 591 (2018)

Louis AGRE, et al. v. Thomas W. WOLF, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Marks, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation, Robert Torres, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Joseph B. Scarnati, III, President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, and Michael C. Turzai, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in their official capacities.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed January 10, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice W. Ballard, Law Office of Alice W. Ballard, PC, Lisa A. Mathewson, the Law Offices of Lisa A. Mathewson LLC, Robert E. Paul, Paul Reich & Myers, PC, Elliot B. Platt, Philadelphia, PA, Michael P. Persoon, Thomas H. Geoghegan, Sean Morales-Doyle, despres Schwartz & Geoghegan Ltd., Chicago, IL, Brian A. Gordon, Gordon & Ashworth PC, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Garen Meguerian, Garen Meguerian, Attorney at Law, Paoli, PA, Michael J. Healey, Healey & Hornack PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Tiffanie C. Benfer, Virginia L. Hardwick, Hardwick Benfer, LLC, Doylestown, PA, for Louis Agre, et al.

Ashton R. Lattimore, Mark A. Aronchick, Claudia Depalma, Michele D. Hangley, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, Gregory George Schwab, Governor's Office of General Counsel, Kathleen Marie Kotula, Timothy E. Gates, Pennsylvania Dept. of State Office of Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, PA, Bruce M. Gorman, Jr., Brian S. Paszamant, Daniel Stephen Morris, Jason A. Snyderman, John P. Wixted, Blank Rome LLP, Princeton, NJ, Jason B. Torchinsky, Phillip M. Gordon, Shawn T. Sheehy, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Warrenton, VA, Carolyn Batz McGee, Jason R. McLean, John E. Hall, Russell D. Giancola, Kathleen A. Gallagher, Cipriani & Werner, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, E. Mark Braden, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, Patrick T. Lewis, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, OH, Michael R. Abbott, Cipriani & Werner, P.C., Blue Bell, PA, for Thomas W. Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Marks, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation, Robert Torres, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Joseph B. Scarnati, III, President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, and Michael C. Turzai, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in their official capacities.

BEFORE: Smith, Chief Circuit Judge; Shwartz, Circuit Judge; Baylson, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the Pennsylvania General Assembly exceeded its authority under the United States Constitution when it enacted a congressional redistricting plan that was intended to favor candidates from the Republican Party...

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