ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted November 16, 1995.
Decided January 26, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Judson H. Miner, Jeffrey I. Cummings, Barack H. Obama, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Equip for Equality, Incorporated, Jacqueline Andrade, Gwendolyn Coleman, Chinetha Dixon, and Joey L. Wooden.
Thomas R. Meites, Joan H. Burger, Lynn S. Frackman, Paul W. Mollica, Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Chicago, IL, for League of Women Voters of Illinois, Catherine A. Calder, and Rene D. Luna.
Maria G. Valdez, Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Chicago, IL, Arthur Aram Baer, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for League of United Latin American Citizens.
Michele M. Fox, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Chicago, IL, Steven H. Rosenbaum, Samuel R. Bagenstos, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Tricia A. Tingle, Barry H. Weinberg, Elizabeth Johnson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.
James R. Carroll, Roger Flahaven, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Daniel N. Malato, Cara L. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellants.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs have moved to dismiss the defendants' appeal from an order of the district court on the ground that it is not an appealable order. The motion raises questions concerning federal appellate jurisdiction in the context of a major constitutional litigation. The plaintiffs had brought suit to enforce the federal "motor voter" law (National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973gg et seq.) against the governor...
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