Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Matthew D. Cloutier , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Pooja Chaudhuri , LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, et al. David M. Rosborough , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellees League of Women Voters of Tennessee, et al. ON BRIEF: Matthew D. Cloutier , Janet M. Kleinfelter , Alexander S. Rieger , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Pooja Chaudhuri , Ezra D. Rosenberg , LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C., Ira M. Feinberg , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, New York, New York, Taylor A. Cates , BURCH, PORTER & JOHNSON, PLLC, Memphis, Tennessee, Yael Bromberg , BROMBERG LAW LLC, New York, New York, for Appellees Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, et al. David M. Rosborough , Sophia Lin Lakin , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, Stella Yarbrough , ACLU FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee, Danielle Lang , Molly E. Danahy , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, New York, New York, Michelle Kanter Cohen , FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER, Washington, D.C., William H. Harbison , Hunter C. Branstetter , SHERRARD ROE VOIGT & HARBISON, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees League of Women Voters of Tennessee, et al.
KETHLEDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BUSH, J., joined. NALBANDIAN, J. (pp. 411-14), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
In this case the district court issued a preliminary injunction that, for purposes of litigation in the district court, was final in all but name. Seven months later, the Tennessee legislature repealed the statutory provisions that the district court had enjoined, thereby rendering the case moot. We hold...
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