COMMON CAUSE RHODE ISLAND v. GORBEA

No. 20-1753.

970 F.3d 11 (2020)

COMMON CAUSE RHODE ISLAND; League of Women Voters of Rhode Island; Miranda Oakley; Barbara Monahan; Mary Baker, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Nellie GORBEA, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of Rhode Island; Diane C. Mederos, in her official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; Jennifer L. Johnson, in her official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; Isadore S. Ramos, in his official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; Louis A. DeSimone, Jr., in his official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; William E. West, in his official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; Richard H. Pierce, in his official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; David H. Soles, in his official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, Defendants, Appellees, Republican National Committee; Republican Party of Rhode Island, Movants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Courtney Keats , New York, NY, with whom Christopher H. Bell , Nicholas Carre , Avani Uppalapati , Jonathan Diaz , Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Julie A. Ebenstein , Miami, FL, Dale E. Ho , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Lynette J. Labinger , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Rhode Island, Jonathan Diaz , Danielle Lang , Paul March Smith , and Campaign Legal Center were on brief, for appellees Common Cause Rhode Island, League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, Miranda Oakley, Barbara Monahan, and Mary Baker.

Angel Taveras , with whom Gustavo Ribeiro , Boston, MA, Elliot H. Scherker , Miami, FL, and Greenberg Traurig LLP were on brief, for appellee Nellie M. Gorbea.

Raymond A. Marcaccio , with whom Oliverio & Marcaccio LLP, Providence, RI, was on brief, for appellees Diane C. Mederos, Jennifer L. Johnson, Isadore S. Ramos, Louis A. DeSimone, Jr., William E. West, Richard H. Pierce, and David H. Sholes.

Cameron Thomas Norris , Arlington, VA, with whom Thomas R. McCarthy , Patrick N. Strawbridge , Arlington, VA, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Brandon S. Bell , Providence, RI, Fontaine Bell, Joseph S. Larisa, Jr. , Providence, RI, were on brief, for appellants Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Rhode Island.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In an action brought by Common Cause Rhode Island, the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, and three individual Rhode Island voters against the Rhode Island Secretary of State and members of its Board of Elections, the district court denied a motion to intervene filed by the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Rhode...

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