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FLORIDA v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 11-01428(CKK)(MG)(ESH).

820 F.Supp.2d 85 (2011)

State of FLORIDA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Eric H. Holder, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendants, Kenneth Sullivan, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Nordby , Ashley E. Davis , Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, William S. Consovoy , John Michael Connolly , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Elise S. Shore , John Albert Russ, IV , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

Randall C. Marshall , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, Estelle Helen Rogers, Project Vote, Mark A. Posner , Jon M. Greenbaum , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Alec W. Farr , Daniel T. O'Connor , Daniel C. Schwartz , Ian L. Barlow , Rodney F. Page , Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC, John Payton , Dale E. Ho , Natasha Korgaonkar , Ryan P. Haygood , Naacp Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lee B. Rowland , Nyu Law School , Wendy Weiser , Brennan Center for Justice at Nyu Law School, New York, NY, for Intervenor Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff, the State of Florida ("Florida"), brings this civil action against Defendants, the United States of America and the Attorney General of the United States (together, the "United States"), seeking (i) judicial preclearance of recent changes to Florida's election laws under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the "VRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, or (ii) barring such preclearance, a declaration that the VRA's preclearance requirement...

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