Galmon v. Ardoin

The NRF supported a group of Black Louisiana voters in a legal challenge to the state’s enacted congressional plan for violating their voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs alleged the state’s enacted plan, HB 1, packed Black voters into CD-2 and cracked them throughout predominantly white areas of the state. The court consolidated this case with Robinson v. Ardoin, another Section 2 challenge to the map. On June 6, 2022, following a five-day preliminary injunction hearing, the court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs were likely to prevail on its Section 2 claim, and enjoined the map from being used. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the injunction while it considered similar issues in the case Allen v. Milligan, resulting in the likely illegal map being used for the 2022 election cycle. After the U.S. Supreme Court vacated its stay on the injunction, the Fifth Circuit gave the legislature more time to remedy its likely Section 2 violation, which the legislature enacted on January 22, 2024. On April 25, 2024, the court dismissed the complaint.

• Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (March 30, 2022)
• Ruling and Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (June 6, 2022)
• Order Dismissing Case (April 25, 2024)