Terrence JOHNSON, Jim Harris, Joshua Roberts, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee; Brook Thompson, Coordinator of Elections; Riley Darnell, Secretary of State of Tennessee; Richard Holden, Administrator of Elections for Shelby County; Kim Buckley, Administrator of Elections for Madison County; Ray Barrett, Administrator of Elections for Davidson County, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.
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October 28, 2010.
October 28, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ON BRIEF: Nancy G. Abudu , Laughlin McDonald , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, Tricia Herzfeld, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Janet M. Kleinfelter , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, James I. Pentecost , Jon A. York , Pentecost & Glenn, PLLC, Jackson, Tennessee, John L. Ryder , Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC, Memphis, Tennessee, Danny Presley , Office of the Shelby County Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees.
COOK, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which LUDINGTON, D.J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 754-80), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Terrence Johnson, Jim Harris, and Joshua Roberts1—all Tennessee residents and convicted felons—filed a complaint alleging that, by conditioning restoration of their voting rights on payment of court-ordered victim restitution and child support obligations, Tennessee's voter re-enfranchisement statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution, the...
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