Reginald CLEMONS; Richard D. Clay; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Roderick Nunley, Plaintiffs,
Michael Anthony Taylor; Martin Link; Mark Christeson; William L. Rousan; John Charles Middleton; Russell Earl Bucklew; Earl Ringo, Jr., Intervenor Plaintiffs/Appellants,
v.
Larry CRAWFORD; James D. Purkett; Terry Moore, Defendants/Appellees.
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Submitted: February 11, 2009.
Filed: November 10, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Matthew S. Hellman, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, argued, for appellants.
James R. Layton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Michael Pritchett, Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Attys. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.
Mark J. Stien, David Elbaum, John C. Anderson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, John K. Power, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Kansas City, for appellant Reginald Clemons.
Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, Columbus, MS, Jennifer Herndon, Florissant, MO, for appellant Richard D. Clay.
Michael J. Gorla, St. Louis, MO, for appellant Jeffery Ferguson.
Jennifer Herndon, Florissant, MO, for appellant Roderick Nunley.
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Matthew S. Hellman, Ginger D. Anders, Carrie F. Apfel, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant Michael Taylor.
Christoper E. McGraugh, Leritz Plunkert & Bruning, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for appellant Martin Link.
Eric W. Butts, St. Louis, MO, for appellants Mark Christeson and William Rouson.
John W. Simon, Constitutional Advocacy, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for appellants John Charles Middleton and Russell Earl Bucklew.
Cheryl A. Pilate, Rebecca L. Kurz, Morgan Pilate LLC, Olathe, KS, Jeremy S. Weis, Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt LLP, Kansas City, MO, for appellant Earl Ringo, Jr.
Before RILEY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
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