Richard Vieth, et al.
Appellants
Paul M. Smith, Counsel of RecordRichard Vieth, Norma Jean Vieth, and Susan Furey, Democratic voters in Pennsylvania, filed suit against six Pennsylvania Republican officials in a Federal district court. They alleged that the map of congressional districts the Republicans designed, passed through the Pennsylvania legislature, and enacted into law was unconstitutional because, among other reasons, it was designed solely to maximize the number of GOP-leaning seats. Although the Petitioners won an early court battle when the map was invalidated because some districts contained more people than others, on January 24, 2003, the district court upheld a modified map that maintained…
