CONDON v. RENO

Civ. A. Nos. 3:95-192-0, 3:95-345-0.

913 F.Supp. 946 (1995)

Charles M. CONDON, Attorney General for the State of South Carolina, and The State of South Carolina, Plaintiffs, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General; United States of America, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs. and Trevor Potter, Chairman, Federal Election Commission; Federal Election Commission, Defendants, State of South Carolina, Counter Defendants, Governor David Beasley, in his official capacity; William B. Depass, Jr., Chair of the State Election Commission, in his official capacity; and James F. Hendrix, Executive Director of the State Election Commission, in his official capacity, Third-Party Defendants. GRASS ROOTS LEADERSHIP; Kamau Marcharia; South Carolina United Action; Ted Robinson; Natural Guard; Andrew Mitchell; and Sam Peterson, Plaintiffs, v. David BEASLEY, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina; Charles M. Condon, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina; William Depass, Deborah Cureton, Walter Robinson, Samuel Howell, and James Tanner, each in their official capacities as members of the South Carolina State Election Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

December 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moffatt Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, GA, Armand Georges Derfner, Charleston, SC, Maha Zaki, American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Regional Office, Atlanta, GA, for Grass Roots Leadership, Kamau Marcharia, South Carolina United Action, Ted Robinson, Natural Guard, Andrew Mitchell.

Armand Georges Derfner, Charleston, SC, for Samantha Peterson.

Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Treva G. Ashworth, Columbia, SC, Cameron B. Littlejohn, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, SC, Kenneth Paul Woodington, Columbia, SC, for David Beasley, Charles M. Condon, William Depass, Deborah Cureton, Walter Robinson, Samuel Howell, James Tanner, State of South Carolina, James F. Hendrix.

John Douglas Barnett, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, Janet Reno, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Litigation, Washington, DC, Duval Patrick, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John Tanner, Barry Weinberg, Gilda R. Williams, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, Holly Wiseman, Sarabeth Donovan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, Washington, DC, for Janet Reno.

John Douglas Barnett, Assistant United States Attorney, John Tanner, Barry Weinberg, Gilda R. Williams, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Holly Wiseman, Sarabeth Donovan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.

John Tanner, Barry Weinberg, Gilda R. Williams, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Holly Wiseman, Sarabeth Donovan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, Washington, DC, for Trevor Potter, Federal Elections Commission.

John Douglas Barnett, Assistant United States Attorney, Barry Weinberg, Gilda R. Williams, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Holly Wiseman, Sarabeth Donovan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, Washington, DC, for Danny L. McDonald.


PERRY, Senior District Judge.

I. FINDING OF FACT

1. These are consolidated cases1 in which the State of South Carolina and its officials seek to enjoin enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg et seq. (NVRA), while the United States and its officials, as well as private plaintiffs, seek to require South Carolina to comply with the National Voter Registration Act, 42 U.S.C. §...

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