VEASEY v. PERRY

No. 14-41127.

769 F.3d 890 (2014)

Marc VEASEY; Jane Hamilton; Sergio Deleon; Floyd Carrier; Anna Burns; Michael Montez; Penny Pope; Oscar Ortiz; Koby Ozias; League of United Latin American Citizens; John Mellor-Crumley; Dallas County, Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellees Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Rick PERRY, in his Official Capacity as Governor of Texas; Nandita Berry, in her Official Capacity as Texas Secretary of State; State of Texas; Steve McGraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund; Imani Clark, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of Texas; Nandita Berry, in her Official Capacity as Texas Secretary of State; Steve McGraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants-Appellants. Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches; Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House of Representatives, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Nandita Berry, in her Official Capacity as Texas Secretary of State; Steve McGraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants-Appellants. Lenard Taylor; Eulalio Mendez, Jr.; Lionel Estrada; Estela Garcia Espinosa; Margarito Martinez Lara; Maximina Martinez Lara; La Union del Pueblo Entero, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees. v. State of Texas; Nandita Berry, in her Official Capacity as Texas Secretary of State; State of Texas; Steve McGraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Wilson Dunn, Esq. , Brazil & Dunn, Houston, TX, J. Gerald Hebert, Esq. , Alexandria, VA, Anna Baldwin , Diana Katherine Flynn , Erin Helene Flynn, Esq. , Robert Acheson Koch , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John Albert Smith, III , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Corpus Christi, TX, Vishal Agraharkar , Jennifer Clark , New York, NY, Jose Garza , San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leah Camille Aden, Esq. , Natasha M. Korgaonkar, Esq. , Christina Swams , Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Rolando Leo Rios, I, Esq. , Law Office of Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adam Warren Aston , Arthur Cleveland D'Andrea , John Barrett Scott , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CLEMENT, HAYNES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Early voting in Texas begins on Monday, October 20. On Saturday, October 11 — just nine days before early voting begins and just 24 days before Election Day — the district court entered a final order striking down Texas's voter identification laws. By this order, the district court enjoined the implementation of Texas Senate Bill 14 ("SB 14") of the 2011 Regular Session, which...

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