LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AM. CITIZENS v. BREDESEN

No. 06-5306.

500 F.3d 523 (2007)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC), on behalf of its members; Yolanda Lewis, individually, as next friend of Sergio Chavez, and on behalf of all others similarly situated; and Alex M. Siguenza, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Geraldine M. Gurdian, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Phil BREDESEN, Governor of the State of Tennessee; and Fred Phillips, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety, Defendants-Appellees, Nancy Murray and Michael Allen, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jerry Gonzalez, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants. Lynne T. Edgerton, Office of the Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jerry Gonzalez, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants. Lynne T. Edgerton, Lizabeth A. Hale, Michael A. Meyer, Office of the Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: NORRIS, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which NORRIS, J., joined. GILMAN, J. (pp. 537-44), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing claims challenging Tennessee's driver license law as violative of certain aliens' right to equal protection and right to travel. On due consideration of plaintiffs' complaint in light of the parties' appellate arguments, we affirm...

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