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State Board of Election Commissioners, et al., Appellants v. Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
Paid petition · United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, No. 3:22-cv-00734-DPJ-HSO-LHS · judgment May 7, 2025
GVR'd · May 18, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 41% cert probability (95% interval 23%–61%)
Before the decision, about 9.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a direct appeal from a three-judge district court (mandatory jurisdiction) and counsel who has won certiorari before.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Scott Grant Stewart
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
For respondent
Ari Joseph Savitzky
American Civil Liberties Union
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 22 2026Judgment Issued.
- May 18 2026Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U. S. ___ (2026). Justice Jackson, dissenting: This case presents only the question of Section 2’s private enforceability, which our decision in Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U. S. ___ (2026), did not address. Thus I see no basis for vacating the lower court’s judgment. Instead, in light of Morse v. Republican Party of Va., 517 U. S. 186 (1996), I would summarily affirm.
- May 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Oct 21 2025Opposition to motion to affirm filed by appellants State Board of Election Commissioners, et al.
- Oct 03 2025Motion to affirm filed by appellees Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
- Sep 17 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 14, 2025.
- Sep 15 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 14, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 26 2025Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)