PRIORITIES USA v. NESSEL

No. 20-1931.

978 F.3d 976 (2020)

PRIORITIES USA; Rise, Inc.; Detroit/Downriver Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dana NESSEL, Defendant, Republican National Committee; Michigan Republican Party, Intervenors, Michigan Senate; Michigan House of Representatives, Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON MOTION AND REPLY: Patrick G. Seyferth , Michael K. Steinberger , BUSH SEYFERTH PLLC, Troy, Michigan, for Appellants. ON RESPONSE: Marc E. Elias , Courtney A. Elgart , PERKINS COIE LLP, Washington, D.C., Kevin J. Hamilton , PERKINS COIE LLP, Seattle, Washington, Sarah S. Prescott , SALVATORE PRESCOTT & PORTER, PLLC, Northville, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Alexandra M. Walsh , WILKINSON WALSH LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

BOGGS, J., delivered the order of the court in which COOK, J., joined. COLE, C.J. (pp. 985-90), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


ORDER

The district court enjoined Michigan's enforcement of a state statute designed as a prophylactic measure against voter fraud. After the state attorney general declined to challenge the injunction, the two houses of the Michigan Legislature jointly sought an emergency stay of the injunction

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