TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 11, 2026

A federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new congressional map was voluntarily dismissed Tuesday after plaintiffs failed to obtain a temporary injunction in May, the Daily Memphian reports. The suit was filed by a coalition of Democratic voters and congressional candidates, including state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who argued the map was enacted too close to the August primary elections to be properly implemented. The case was dismissed at the request of the plaintiffs. Separate lawsuits brought by the ACLU of Tennessee and the NAACP State Conference of Tennessee, which challenge the map on the grounds that it violates the 14th and 15th Amendments by diluting Black voting strength, remain pending.