BALDUS v. MEMBERS OF WI GOV. ACCOUNTABILITY BD.

Case Nos. 11-CV-562 JPS-DPW-RMD, 11-CV-1011 JPS-DPW-RMD.

849 F.Supp.2d 862 (2012)

Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF THE WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants. Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

March 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dustin B. Brown , Brady C. Williamson , Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., P. Scott Hassett , Daniel S. Lenz , Madison, WI, Rebecca K. Mason , Douglas M. Poland , Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Jacqueline E. Boynton , Law Offices of Jacqueline Boynton, Peter G. Earle , Law Offices of Peter Earle LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiffs.

Colleen E. Fielkow , Patrick J. Hodan , Daniel Kelly , and Joseph W. Voiland , Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, S.C., Kellen C. Kasper , Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Maria S. Lazar , Wisconsin Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Defendants.

Aaron H. Kastens , Joseph Louis Olson , Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Pamela S. Moorshead , Law Offices of Pamela S. Moorshead, Glendale, WI, Eric M. McLeod , Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, WI, for movants.


ORDER

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge, J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge, and ROBERT M. DOW, JR., District Judge.

In our decision issued on March 22, 2012, we held that Act 43 violates the Voting Rights Act (VRA), and enjoined the Government Accountability Board from implementing the Act until such time as the VRA violations were appropriately addressed by the Wisconsin Legislature (Legislature). (Docket # 210, at 34, 849 F.Supp.2d 840<...

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