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RILEY v. KENNEDY

No. 07-77.

128 S.Ct. 1970 (2008)

553 U.S. 406

170 L.Ed.2d 837

Bob RILEY, Governor of Alabama, Appellant, v. Yvonne KENNEDY et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Newsom , Birmingham, AL, for Appellant.

Pamela S. Karlan , Stanford, CA, for Appellees.

Kannon K. Shanmugam , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Appellees.

Troy King , Attorney General, Margaret L. Fleming , James W. Davis , Misty S. Fairbanks , Asst. Attorneys General, Montgomery, AL, Kevin C. Newsom , Matthew H. Lembke , John C. Neiman, Jr. , Andrew L. Brasher , Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Appellant.

Pamela S. Karlan , Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford, CA, Thomas C. Goldstein , Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, Cecil Gardner , The Gardner Firm, P.C., Mobile, AL, Edward Still , Edward Still Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL, Amy Howe, Kevin Russell , Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, Sam Heldman , The Gardner Firm, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Troy King , Attorney General, Margaret L. Fleming , James W. Davis , Misty S. Fairbanks , Asst. Attorneys General, Montgomery, AL, Kevin C. Newsom , Matthew H. Lembke , John C. Neiman, Jr. , Scott Burnett Smith , John W. Rea , Andrew L. Brasher , Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Appellant.

For U.S. Supreme Court briefs, see:

This case presents a novel question concerning § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The setting, in a nutshell: A covered State passed a law adopting a new election practice, obtained the preclearance required by § 5, and held an election. Soon thereafter, the law under which the election...

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