TURNER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. CIV. A. 98-2634(RWR/JMF).

183 F.Supp.2d 22 (2001)

Wayne TURNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Barry Spitzer, Amer. Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Nancy S. Schultz, Office of Corp. Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for defendant.

Mark A. Schaefer, Mirel & Algei, Washington, DC, for DC Branch NAACP, Stand Up for Democracy Coalition, Marylanders for Democracy, amicus.

Mark T. Quinlivan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S., movant.

Mark A. Schaefer, Mirel & Algei, Washington, DC, for Dist. of Columbia Chapter of Republican Nat. African-American Council, DC Democratic State Committee, D.C. Statehood Party, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, Greater Washington Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, Libertarian Nat. Committee Inc., Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, movants.

M. Miller Baker, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Voting Integrity Project, Inc., movant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FACCIOLA, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before me for resolution of plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney's Fees. Plaintiffs, five registered D.C. voters and a committee of such voters, filed this lawsuit on October 30, 1998, seeking to have the election results from Ballot Initiative 59 on medical marijuana announced and certified by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ("the Board...

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