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DAUNT v. BENSON

No. 20-1734.

999 F.3d 299 (2021)

Anthony DAUNT, Tom Barrett, Aaron Beauchine, Kathy Berden, Stephen Daunt, Gerry Hildenbrand, Gary Koutsoubos, Linda Lee Tarver, Patrick Meyers, Marian Sheridan, Mary Shinkle, Norm Shinkle, Paul Sheridan, Bridget Beard, Clint Tarver (19-cv-00614), Plaintiffs-Appellants, Michigan Republican Party (19-cv-00669), Plaintiff, v. Jocelyn BENSON, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State; Count MI Vote, doing business as Voters Not Politicians, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 27, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW, Caledonia, Michigan, for Appellants. Erik A. Grill , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee Jocelyn Benson. Mark P. Gaber , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Appellee COUNT MI VOTE. ON BRIEF: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW, Caledonia, Michigan, Jason Torchinsky , HOLTZMAN VOGEL JOSEFIAK TORCHINSKY PLLC, Warrenton, Virginia, Eric E. Doster , DOSTER LAW OFFICES, PLLC, Okemos, Michigan, for Appellants. Erik A. Grill , Heather S. Meingast , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee Jocelyn Benson. Mark P. Gaber , Paul M. Smith , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, Washington, D.C., Graham K. Crabtree , FRASER TREBILCOCK DAVIS & DUNLAP, P.C., Lansing, Michigan, Annabelle E. Harless , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee COUNT MI VOTE.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GILMAN, J., joined. READLER, J. (pp. 322-33), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

Even before the Supreme Court declared the issue of partisan gerrymandering a nonjusticiable political question in Rucho v. Common Cause, ___ U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 2484, 2491, 204 L.Ed.2d 931 (2019), some states had begun to address the issue head on. This case involves one such endeavor...

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