• Case of Note

League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature

Docket number
220901712
Date

Plaintiffs claimed that congressional map is a partisan gerrymander in violation of state constitution. The suit alleged that the map intentionally dilutes the voting power of non-Republican voters by splitting Salt Lake County among each of the state’s four congressional districts. On October 24, 2022, a trial court declined to dismiss the plaintiffs’ partisan gerrymandering claims. 

Utah Supreme Court sent case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature improperly infringed citizens’ lawmaking power when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Voters’ rights to “reform and alter” the law is a fundamental right.

Note: The Brennan Center for Justice, which maintains State Court Report, filed an amicus brief in this case.

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