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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MICHIGAN v. JOHNSON

No. 18-1437.

902 F.3d 572 (2018)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MICHIGAN; Roger J. Brdak; Frederick C. Durhal, Jr.; Jack E. Ellis; Donna E. Farris; William "Bill" J. Grasha; Rosa L. Holliday; Diana L. Ketola; Jon "Jack" G. LaSalle; Richard "Dick" W. Long; Lorenzo Rivera; Rashida H. Tliab, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ruth JOHNSON, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, Defendant, Jack Bergman; Bill Huizenga; John Moolenaar; Fred Upton; Tim Walberg; Mike Bishop; Paul Mitchell; David Trott, Republican Congressional Delegation, Proposed Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 30, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jason Brett Torchinsky , HOLTZMAN VOGEL JOSEFIAK TORCHINSKY, Warrenton, Virginia, for Appellants. Ryan M. Hurley , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jason Brett Torchinsky , HOLTZMAN VOGEL JOSEFIAK TORCHINSKY, Warrenton, Virginia, Brian D. Shekell , CLARK HILL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Joseph H. Yeager , Harmony Mappes , Jeffrey P. Justman , Matthew K. Giffin , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, Mark Brewer , GOODMAN ACKER P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees.

SILER J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 580-84), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

In this suit, Democratic voters from Michigan and a nonpartisan voting-rights organization allege that the state's congressional and legislative districts are unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans. Eight Republican Congressmen from Michigan moved to intervene, seeking to defend the lawfulness...

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