PROJECT VOTE/VOTING FOR AMERICA, INC. v. LONG

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Ryan Morland Malone , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Erin H. Flynn , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amici Supporting Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General of Virginia, Charles E. James, Jr. , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General, Stephen M. Hall , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Jeff W. Rosen , Lisa Ehrich , Pender & Coward, PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellants. Douglas Hallward-Driemeier , Augustine M. Ripa , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, Diana K. Flynn , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States, Amicus Supporting Appellee. Lucy A. Dalglish , Mark R. Caramanica , You-Jin J. Han , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia; Kevin M. Goldberg , Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC, Arlington, Virginia, for American Society of News Editors and Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors; Karen Kaiser , Associate General Counsel, The Associated Press, New York, New York; Bruce L. Gottlieb , General Counsel, Atlantic Media, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey P. Hermes , Citizen Media Law Project, Berkman Center For Internet & Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joshua N. Pila , Regulatory Counsel, Lin Media, Providence, Rhode Island; Charles D. Tobin , Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, D.C., for the National Press Club; Mickey H. Osterreicher , East Amherst, New York, for the National Press Photographers Association; Rene P. Milam , Vice President/General Counsel, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; Jennifer Borg , General Counsel, North Jersey Media Group Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey; Kathleen A. Kirby , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for the Radio Television Digital News Association; Bruce E.H. Johnson , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for The Seattle Times Company; Bruce W. Sanford , Bruce D. Brown , Laurie A. Babinski , Baker Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C., for the Society of Professional Journalists; Frank D. LoMonte , Student Press Law Center, Arlington, Virginia; Barbara W. Wall , Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel, Gannett Co., Inc., McLean, Virginia, for USA Today; Megan Rhyne , Virginia Coalition for Open Government, Williamsburg, Virginia, Amici Supporting Appellee.

Affirmed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIAZ and Judge FLOYD joined.