SCHADE v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan P. Phair (Laura A. Thomas, Kathryn R. DeBord and John P. Gonsoulin of Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P. of Washington, D.C.; John B. Isbister, Daniel S. Katz and Richard D. Rosenthal of Tydings & Rosenberg L.L.P. of Baltimore, MD), all on brief, for appellants.

Stephen Vaughan, Esq., Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Cindy Cohn, Esq., San Francisco, CA, for Consent Motion for leave to file a brief for amicus curiae by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Common Cause, People for the American Way Foundation, Center for Constitutional Rights, America's Families United, Verified Voting Foundation and Votersunite! in Support of Plaintiffs' Appeal of Denial of Motion for Preliminary Injunction, for Appellants.

Michael D. Berman, Deputy Chief Civil Litigation (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, and Judith A. Armold, Assistant Attorney General, Daniel F. Goldstein (Shelly Marie Martin of Brown, Goldstein & Levy L.L.P., Baltimore, MD)), on brief for Appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.