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BROWN v. SECRETARY OF STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 11-14554.

668 F.3d 1271 (2012)

Corrine BROWN, Mario Diaz-Balart, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Florida House of Representatives, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF STATE OF the State of FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee, ACLU of Florida, Leon W. Russell, et al., Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Michael Cody , Cody Law Office, Palmetto Bay, FL, Miguel De Grandy , Stephen Cody, PA, Coral Gables, FL, George Nicholas Meros, Jr. , Gray Robinson , Tallahassee, FL, Gregory G. Garre , Latham & Watkins, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Karen C. Dyer , Elan M. Nehleber , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Orlando, FL, Joseph W. Hatchett , Akerman Senterfitt, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for Claimant-Appellee.

Daniel Nordby , Ashley E. Davis , Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, Laughlin McDonald , ACLU Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Randall C. Marshall , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Stephen F. Rosenthal , Podhurst Orseck, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees State of Florida, Kurt S. Browning , Florida Senate, Governor of the State of Florida, ACLU of Florida, Janet Cruz , Arthenia L. Joyner , Luis R. Garcia , Perry E. Thurston.

Jessica Ring Amunson , Michael B. DeSanctis , Paul March Smith, Jenner & Block, LLP, Joseph Gerald Hebert , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Leon W. Russell , Patricia T. Spencer , Carolyn H. Collins , Edwin Enciso , Stephen Easdale , Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches, Democracia Ahora.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and MARCUS and FAY, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

At issue today is whether a state constitutional provision establishing standards for congressional redistricting that was approved by the people by initiative is contrary to the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution. Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution provides that the "Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof...

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