LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO v. BLACKWELL

No. 3:05CV7309.

432 F.Supp.2d 734 (2006)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO, et al., Plaintiffs v. J. Kenneth BLACKWELL, Secretary of State of Ohio, and Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Western Division.

February 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Greer, Courtney E. Smothers, David E. Kouba, Kevin M. Green, Michael R. Geske, Shelby H. Hunt, Anne P. Davis, Bruce L. Montgomery, James P. Joseph, John A. Freedman, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Benjamin J. Blustein, Jon M. Greenbaum, Jonah H. Goldman, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Deborah Liu, Elliott M. Mincberg, People for the American Way Foundation, Washington, DC, Evan S. Greene, Bert H. Deixler, Bertrand C. Sellier, Brian H. Schusterman, Caroline S. Press, Jennifer R. Scullion, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY, Jeffery A. Gross, Proskauer Rose, Los Angeles, CA, Jason A. Hill, Steven P. Collier, Connelly, Jackson & Collier, Toledo, OH, Brenda Wright, National Voting Rights Institute, Boston, MA, Robert Rubin, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Damian W. Sikora, Office of the Attorney General State of Ohio, Columbus, OH, Rene L. Rimelspach, Christopher D. Betts, Office of the Attorney General, Richard N. Coglianese, Office of the Attorney General Constitutional Offices Section, Columbus, OH, Richard M. Kerger, Kerger & Associates, Toledo, OH, Linette M. Stratford, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Youngstown, OH, Ryan A. Zerby, Bailey Law Offices, Kenton, OH, Stephen K. Haller, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Xenia, OH, Gary' Leo Lammers, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Ottawa, OH, Daivia S. Kasper, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Norwalk, OH, Nicholas M. Barborak, Barborak Law Offices, Lisbon, OH, Jennifer S.M. Croskey, Marion, OH, Jennifer E. Redman, Ravenna, OH, John F. Manley, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Akron, OH, Patricia A. Nocero, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Painesville, OH, Gerald A. Innes, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Elyria, OH, James B. Vanzant, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Eaton, OH, James F. Stevenson, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Sidney, OH, Jennifer L. Springer, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Mount Vernon, OH, Daniel G. Padden, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cambridge, OH, Andrew P. Pickering, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Springfield, OH, Rhonda L. Greenwood, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cadiz, OH, Richard M. Howell, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Greenville, OH, David M. Henry, Dungan & Lefevre, Troy, MI, for Defendants.


ORDER

CARR, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs League of Women Voters, et al. (LWV) brought this action against defendants J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State of Ohio, and Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. LWV alleges Secretary Blackwell and Governor Taft administer a voting process which systematically impairs Ohio citizens' voting rights. Jurisdiction exists under...

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