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DEMOCRATIC NAT. COMMITTEE v. BOSTELMANN

Nos. 20-2835 20-2844.

977 F.3d 639 (2020)

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Marge BOSTELMANN, Secretary of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al., Defendants, and Wisconsin State Legislature, Republican National Committee, and Republican Party of Wisconsin, Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda Callais , John Devaney , Marc Erik Elias , Zachary Newkirk , Bruce Van Spiva , Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Charles Grant Curtis, Jr. , Brandon Michael Lewis , Sopen Bharat Shah , Michelle Marie Umberger , Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff Democratic National Committee.

Daniel P. Bach , Dixon R. Gahnz , Lawton & Cates, S.C., Jefferson, WI, Dixon R. Gahnz , Daniel Spector Lenz , Terrence M. Polich , Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison, WI, Brian P. Keenan , Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, Sean Michael Murphy , HCP Consumer Law, LLC, Madison, WI, Jody J. Schmelzer , State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants.

Steven Carl Brist , Michael P. May , City of Madison, Madison, WI, for City of Madison, Wisconsin Amicus Curiae.

William E. Fischer Davis & Kuelthau, SC, Oshkosh, WI, Andrew Thomas Phillips , Matthew Jeffrey Thome , von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Washington County Amicus Curiae.

David Gault Dane County Corporation Counsel, Madison, WI, for Dane County Amicus Curiae.

Grant F. LangLey , Adam Boyd Stephens , Milwaukee City Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for City Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Amicus Curiae.

Karyn L. Rotker , ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, for American Civil Liberties Union Of Wisconsin, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Inc., Wisconsin Conservation Voices Amicus Curiae.

Dean Arthur , Strang StrangBradley, LLC, Madison, WI, for Common Cause Wisconsin Amicus Curiae.

Arn Huong Tran , City of Racine City Attorney's office, Racine, WI, for City of Racine Amicus Curiae.

Jason Brett Torchinsky , Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC, for Honest Elections Project Amicus Curiae.

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

On September 29, 2020, we issued an order denying the motions for a stay in these appeals, because we concluded that Wisconsin's legislative branch has not been authorized to represent the state's interest in defending its statutes. On October 2, in response to a request for reconsideration, we certified...

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