U.S. v. MISSOURI

No. 07-2322.

535 F.3d 844 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. State of MISSOURI; Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan; Attorney General of the State of Missouri; Office of the Governor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dirk C. Phillips, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, argued (Wan J. Kim, Asst. Atty. Gen., Rena J. Comisac, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Asheesh Agarwal, Dept. Asst. Atty. Gen., Diana K. Flynn, Gregory B. Friel, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., on the brief), for appellant.

James R. McAdams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., C. Gail Vasterling, Maureen C. Beekley, Kathleen R. Robertson, Asst. Attys. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.

Before RILEY, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought suit against the State of Missouri and the Missouri Secretary of State in her official capacity1 (collectively, "Missouri"), alleging Missouri was in violation of its obligations under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). The district court found Missouri met its NVRA obligation to make a reasonable effort to conduct a general program of voter list maintenance. To the extent...

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