ACORN v. MILLER

Nos. 4:95-cv-45, 1:95-cv-184 and 1:95-CV-386.

912 F.Supp. 989 (1996)

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Candice MILLER, et al., Defendants. Catherine LaPALM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John ENGLER, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF MICHIGAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

January 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Bachmann, Stephen R. Bachmann Law Office, Edwardsburg, MI, Elliot M. Mincberg, Lawrence S. Ottinger, People For The American Way, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs in No. 4:95-cv-45.

Gary P. Gordon, Asst. Atty. General, Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Public Employment & Elections Division, Lansing, MI, for defendants.

Michael J. Guzman, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Thomas F. Koernke, Boyden, Waddell, Timmons & Dilley, Grand Rapids, MI, David A. Price, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for amici curiae.

Spencer C. Livingston, New Orleans, LA, for intervenor.

H. Rhett Pinsky, Pinsky, Smith, Fayette & Hulswit, Grand Rapids, MI, Paul J. Denenfeld, Legal Director, Detroit, MI, Samuel L. Walters, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs in No. 1:95-cv-184.

Michael Hayes Dettmer, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, MI, Deval L. Patrick, Elizabeth Johnson, T. Christian Herren, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for plaintiff in No. 1:95-cv-386.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

In an Opinion and Order filed December 13, 1995, the court concluded that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ("NVRA") was constitutional and was binding on defendants. At that time, the court ordered defendants to comply with the NVRA fully, and to file and serve within 10 days a proposed implementation plan.

On December 22, 1995, defendants filed a plan which included implementation of the...

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