LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, INC. v. LEE

Case No.: 4:21cv186-MW/MAF.

566 F.Supp.3d 1238 (2021)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Laurel M. LEE, in her official capacity as Florida Secretary of State, et al., Defendants, and National Republican Senatorial Committee and Republican National Committee, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

Signed October 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aria Christine Branch , David Robert Fox , Francesca Ashley Gibson , Lalitha D. Madduri, Christina A. Ford , Marc E. Elias , Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, David Lee Anstaett , Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas Alan Zehnder , Frederick Stanton Wermuth , King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs League of Women Voters of Florida Inc., League of Women Voters of Florida Education Fund Inc., Black Voters Matter Fund Inc., Florida Alliance for Retired Americans Inc., Cecile Scoon, Robert Brigham, Alan Madison.

David Lee Anstaett , Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, David Robert Fox , Francesca Ashley Gibson , Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Frederick Stanton Wermuth , King Blackwell Zehnder etc. PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff Susan Rogers.

Dallin B. Holt , John J. Cycon , Kenneth Clark Daines , Phillip Michael Gordon , Holtzman Vogel Baran et al., Haymarket, VA, Ashley E. Davis , Colleen E. O'Brien , Bradley Robert McVay , Florida Department of State Office of General Counsel, Gary Vergil Perko , Mohammad Omar Jazil , Holtzman Vogel Baran et al., Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Laurel M. Lee.

Rachel Rose Siegel , Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Karen Ann Brodeen , William Edward Chorba , William Henry Stafford, III , Florida Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Ashley Moody.

Diana Masters Johnson , Robert Charles Swain , Alachua County Attorneys Office, Gainesville, FL, for Defendant Kim A. Barton.

Edward Paul Cuffe , Susan Smith Erdelyi , Marks Gray PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants Chris Milton, Mark Andersen, Amanda Seyfang, Sharon Chason, Tomi S. Brown, Starlet Cannon, Heather Riley, Shirley Knight, Laura Hutto, Carol Dunaway, Travis Hart, Grant Conyers, Janet H. Adkins, Charles Overturf, Tappie A. Villane, Vicky Oakes, William Keen, Jennifer M. Kinsey, Dana Southerland, Deborah Osborne, Joseph Morgan, Bobby Beasley, Carol F. Rudd.

Frank Michael Mari , Roper PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendants Lori Scott, Mark F. Negley, Kaiti Lenhart, Connie Sanchez, John Hanlon, Penny Ogg, Marty Bishop, Heath Driggers.

Benjamin Salzillo , Joseph K. Jarone , Nathaniel Adam Klitsberg , Broward County Attorneys Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant Joe Scott.

Andy V. Bardos , GrayRobinson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants Paul A. Stamoulis, Jennifer J. Edwards, Leslie Swan, Alan Hays, Tommy Doyle, Michael Bennett, Wesley Wilcox, Joyce Griffin, Brian Corley, Christopher Anderson.

Dale A. Scott , Roper PA Orlando, FL, for Defendant Maureen Baird.

John T. Lavia, III , Gardner Bist Bowden et al., Ronald A. Labasky , Brewton Plante PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants Chris H. Chambless, Vicki Davis, Mary Jane Arrington, Lori Edwards, Gertrude Walker.

Craig Dennis Feiser , Mary Margaret Giannini , City of Jacksonville Office of General Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant Mike Hogan.

Kia M. Johnson , Escambia County Attorneys Office, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant David H. Stafford.

Geraldo Francis Olivo, III , Robert C. Shearman , Henderson Franklin Starnes etc., Fort Myers, FL, for Defendants Aletris Farnam, Diane Smith, Brenda Hoots, Therisa Meadows, Tammy Jones, Melissa Arnold.

Jon A. Jouben , Hernando County, Brookesville, FL, Kyle J. Benda , Hernando County Attorneys Office, Brooksville, FL, for Defendant Shirley Anderson.

Stephen Mark Todd , Office of the County Attorney, Tampa, FL, for Defendant Craig Latimer.

Mark Herron , Patrick Scott O'Bryant , Summer Denay Brown , Messer Caparello & Self PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Mark Earley.

Michael Beny Valdes , Oren Rosenthal , Miami-Dade County Attorneys Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant Christina White.

Elizabeth Desloge Ellis , Gregory Thomas Stewart , Kirsten H. Mood , Nabors Giblin & Nickerson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Paul A. Lux.

Nicholas Ari Shannin , Shannin Law Firm PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendant Bill Cowles.

Ashley Dolan Houlihan , Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant Wendy Link.

Kelly Lynn Vicari , Pinellas County Attorneys Office, Clearwater, FL, for Defendant Julie Marcus.

Morgan Ray Bentley , Bentley & Bruning PA, Asarasota, FL, for Defendant Ron Turner.

London Lee Ott , William Kevin Bledsoe , Volusia County Attorney, DeLand, FL, for Defendant Lisa Lewis.

Benjamin J. Gibson , Amber Stoner Nunnally , Daniel Elden Nordby , Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Cameron Thomas Norris , Steven Christopher Begakis , Daniel Joseph Shapiro , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, Tyler R. Green , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT, Frank A. Zacherl , Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, FL, for Intervenor-Defendants.


ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This is a voting rights case. Plaintiffs are nonprofit groups and individual voters who challenge Florida's newly enacted law, Senate Bill 90 ("SB 90"), which they allege "burdens all Floridians," and "is crafted to and will operate to...

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