TIGRETT v. COOPER

No. 10-2724-STA-tmp.

855 F.Supp.2d 733 (2012)

Harrison Kerr TIGRETT, Maxine Smith, Russell Sugarmon, Regina M. Sugarmon, James Wesley Gibson II, Kathy Buckman Gibson, Mike Carpenter, and Martavious Jones, Plaintiffs, v. Robert E. COOPER, Jr., in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Tre Hargett, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of State: Division of Elections, Shelby County Election Commission, William Giannini, Myra Stiles, J.H. Johnson, Robert D. Meyers, and Steve Stamson, in their official capacities as members of the Shelby County Election Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.

March 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Maurice Bearman, Jr. , Gabriel Paul Eaton McGaha , Katherine Murphy Bogard , Lori Hackleman Patterson , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Memphis, TN, J. Houston Gordon , Law Offices of J. Houston Gordon, Covington, TN, for Plaintiffs.

Janet M. Kleinfelter , Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

S. THOMAS ANDERSON, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (D.E. # 56), filed on June 24, 2011. Plaintiffs filed a Response on August 8, 2011 (D.E. # 63), and Defendants filed a Reply on August 24, 2011 (D.E. # 64). For the following reasons, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.

BACKGROUND

This action...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases