Two new federal cases are challenging Tennessee’s new U.S. House district boundaries. Sherman v Hargett, m.d., 3:26cv-616 is an ACLU case assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw. The plaintiffs seek a three-judge panel. The plaintiffs include the Tennessee Democratic Party. This case was filed May 11.

Hale v Lee, m.d., 3:26cv-603, challenges the timing of the new maps, and the plaintiffs do not ask for a 3-judge court. The state argues that this case also needs a 3-judge court. Currently it is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge William Campbell, a Trump appointee. One of the plaintiffs is Congressman Steven Cohen, the member who represents Memphis. The new map splits Memphis into three different districts. This case was filed May 7.

There is also a state court case pending, in Davidson County Chancery Court.

Also there is the case already mentioned in B.A.N. filed by an independent U.S. House candidate, who argues that her rights are being violated by the state having changed the district boundaries after she had been campaigning in the old district lines for the last two years. Moses v Lee, w.d., 2:26cv-2533.