FRANK v. WALKER

Nos. 16-3003 & 16-3052. Nos. 16-3083 & 16-3091.

835 F.3d 649 (2016)

Ruthelle FRANK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Scott WALKER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. One Wisconsin Institute, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Mark L. Thomsen, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Amended August 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Young , Dale Ho , Sophia Lin Lakin , Attorneys, American Civil Liberties Union, Neil A. Steiner , Attorney, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Tristia Bauman , Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Craig G. Falls , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, Laurence Jacques Dupuis , Karyn Rotker , Attorneys, American Civil Liberty Union of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Angela M. Liu , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Chicago, IL, Moffatt Laughlin McDonald , Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees (Case No. 16-3003).

Misha Tseytlin , Daniel P. Lennington , Attorneys, Office of the Solicitor General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellants (Case No. 16-3003).

Sean Young , Dale Ho , Sophia Lin Lakin , Attorneys, American Civil Liberties Union, Neil A. Steiner , Attorney, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Tristia Bauman , Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Craig G. Falls , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, Laurence Jacques Dupuis , Karyn Rotker , Attorneys, American Civil Liberty Union of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Angela M. Liu , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Chicago, IL, Moffatt Laughlin McDonald , Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees (Case No. 16-3052).

Sean Michael Murphy , Brian Patrick Keenan , Attorneys, Office of the Solicitor General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellants (Case No. 16-3052).

Bruce V. Spiva , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case Nos. 16-3083, 16-3091).

Misha Tseytlin , Ryan J. Walsh , Attorneys, Office of the Solicitor General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellants (Case Nos. 16-3083, 16-3091).

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Posner, Flaum, Easterbrook, Kanne, Rovner, Williams, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Before us are two sets of appeals and cross-appeals, each of which concerns Wisconsin's law requiring voters to have qualifying photo identification. In each matter, one originating in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the other in the Western District of Wisconsin, the plaintiffs have petitioned for initial review en banc. We have consolidated...

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