BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Attorney General announced that the United States Supreme Court set a date to hear rearguments in the state's redistricting case.

AG Liz Murrill shared that the Court scheduled the reargument for Wednesday, Oct. 15. Louisiana Solicitor General Ben Aguiñaga will argue the case on behalf of the state.

She added that the state's brief is due in two weeks.

Timeline of the Case

In January 2024, the Louisiana legislature approved a new congressional map that created a second majority-Black district.

That same month, a group of non-Black voters filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana, claiming that the map didn't meet the Equal Protection Clause requirements and said the layout was an "impermissible racial gerrymander." A three-

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