Missouri Supreme Court Sets Contempt Hearing in Fight Over House Map

Intensifying a night of litigious chaos that spanned four courts, the fight over Missouri's U.S. House districts has returned to the state's Supreme Court, which signaled just before midnight Tuesday that it was considering whether to hold its top election officer in contempt.

The fight over which U.S. House districts will be used in November's general election remained unsettled on Tuesday night after contradictory decisions from Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal district judge in St. Louis.

The State Supreme Court's decision to call in Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for a contempt hearing, scheduled for Thursday morning, reflected a new juncture in a rising battle over what appears on Missouri ballots and over which judges' orders should be heeded.