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Federal Judges Deny Injunction Against State's New Congressional Map

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 23, 2026

A federal three-judge panel has denied an injunction in a combined case that included constitutional challenges to Tennessee’s new congressional map, the Daily Memphian reports. The combined case was the last of a number of suits — including one from Democratic congressional candidates and one from the state chapter of the NAACP  — following the Tennessee General Assembly’s approval of the new map in May. The panel was made up of two judges from the Middle District of Tennessee — Chief District Judge William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. and District Judge Gregory Stivers — and Judge John B. Nalbandian of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel said in its order that the ACLU of Tennessee and Memphis clergy failed to prove their 1st Amendment rights had been violated by the new map. It also ruled there was no evidence that the map was created with racial animus. Plaintiffs now have 30 days to file an appeal with the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. In a press release issued after the ruling, the ACLU said it would “continue litigating the case and pursuing permanent relief.”

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