PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION, INC. v. BELLOWS

No. 23-1361.

92 F.4th 36 (2024)

PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Shenna BELLOWS, in her official capacity as the Secretary of State for the State of Maine, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 2, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan R. Bolton , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Thomas A. Knowlton , Deputy Attorney General, were on brief, for appellant.

Noel H. Johnson , with whom Kaylan L. Phillips and Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc., were on brief, for appellee.

Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Tovah R. Calderon, and Noah B. Bokat-Lindell, Attorneys, Civil Rights Division, were on brief for the United States of America, amicus curiae.

Caitriona Fitzgerald, John Davisson, Tom McBrien, and Suzanne Bernstein, were on brief for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, amicus curiae.

Michael Bekesha, and Eric W. Lee, were on brief for Judicial Watch, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before Gelpí, Montecalvo, and Rikelman, Circuit Judges.


This appeal presents two questions. The first is whether Section 8(i)(1) of the National Voter Registration Act ("NVRA"), which requires public disclosure of "all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible...

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