OBAMA FOR AMERICA v. HUSTED

Nos. 12-4055, 12-4076.

697 F.3d 423 (2012)

OBAMA FOR AMERICA; Democratic National Committee; Ohio Democratic Party, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jon HUSTED, Ohio Secretary of State; Mike Dewine, Ohio Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants (12-4055), National Guard Association of the United States, et al., Intervenor Defendants-Appellants (12-4076).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: William S. Consovoy , Elbert Lin , Brendan J. Morrissey , J. Michael Connolly , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., Richard N. Coglianese , Michael J. Schuler , Lindsay M. Sestile , Ohio Attorney General's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants in 12-4055. James M. Dickerson , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants in 12-4076. Donald J. McTigue , Mark A. McGinnis , J. Corey Colombo , McTigue & McGinnis LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Robert F. Bauer , Perkins Coie, Washington, D.C., Jennifer Katzman , Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. Lawrence J. Joseph , Washington, D.C., Jay Alan Sekulow , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, D.C., Joseph E. Sandler , Elizabeth F. Getman , Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb, P.C., Washington, D.C., Paul J. Gains, Mahoning County Board of County Commissioners, Youngstown, Ohio, Stephen D. Hartman , Kerger & Hartman, LLC, Toledo, Ohio, Kathleen M. Clyde , Kent, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HOOD, D.J., joined. WHITE, J. (pp. 437-43), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Jon Husted, the Secretary of State of Ohio, and Mike DeWine, the Attorney General of Ohio (collectively the "State"), joined by Intervenors representing numerous military service associations ("Intervenors"), appeal from the district court's order granting Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. The district court enjoined the State from enforcing Ohio Rev.Code § 3509.03 to the extent that it prevents...

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