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HUNTER v. HAMILTON COUNTY BD. OF ELECTIONS

Nos. 10-4481, 11-3059, 11-3060.

635 F.3d 219 (2011)

Tracie HUNTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless; Ohio Democratic Party, Intervenors-Appellees, v. HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS; Caleb Faux; Timothy M. Burke; Alex Triantafilou; Charles (Chip) Gerhardt, III, Defendants, Hamilton County Board of Elections, Defendant-Appellant (11-3060), John Williams, Intervenor-Appellant (10-4481; 11-3059).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 27, 2011.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: R. Joseph Parker , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Jennifer L. Branch , Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Caroline H. Gentry , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, Dayton, Ohio, for Appellees. David Todd Stevenson , Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Hamilton County Board of Elections. ON BRIEF: R. Joseph Parker , W. Stuart Dornette , John B. Nalbandian , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, James W. Harper , Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Jennifer L. Branch , Alphonse A. Gerhardstein , Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Caroline H. Gentry , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, Dayton, Ohio, Subodh Chandra , The Chandra Law Firm, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, Donald J. McTigue , Mark A. McGinnis , McTigue & McGinnis, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Timothy M. Burke , Manley Burke LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees. Richard N. Coglianese , Pearl M. Chin , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which COLE, J., joined. ROGERS, J. (pp. 247-49), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the November 2010 election for Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge between candidates Tracie Hunter and John Williams. Plaintiff-appellee Hunter brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of due process and equal protection by defendant Hamilton County Board of Elections ("Board") with respect to its review and counting...

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