The trial court, which included two Republicans and one Democrat, signed off on redrawn state House and Senate boundaries that state lawmakers approved last week, but the court went with a congressional map of its own, crafted with the help of independent redistricting experts it hired known as "special masters." Hours after the trial court's ruling was handed down, three voting rights groups involved in the lawsuit appealed the state Senate map, while one asked for a tweak to the state House map.