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FLORIDA v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 11-1428.

885 F.Supp.2d 299 (2012)

State of FLORIDA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Elise Sandra Shore , T. Christian Herren, Jr. , John Albert Russ IV , Catherine Meza , Ernest A. McFarland, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald C. Macahen, Jr. , United States Attorney, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Randall C. Marshall , Julie A. Ebenstein , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, Washington, DC, M. Laughlin McDonald , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Estelle H. Rogers , Project Vote, Washington, DC, for the Sullivan Group.

Debo P. Adegbile , Ryan P. Haygood , Dale E. Ho , Natasha M. Korgaonkar , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for the NAACP Group.

Daniel C. Schwartz , Rodney F. Page , Alec W. Farr , James J. Murphy , Daniel T. O'Connor , Nicholas S. Sloey , Ian L. Barlow , Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC, Jon M. Greenbaum , Mark A. Posner , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Wendy Weiser , Diana Kasdan , Lee Rowland , The Brennan Cinter for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, for the Sullivan Group.

Before GARLAND, Circuit Judge, and KOLLAR-KOTELLY and HUVELLE, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The State of Florida brings this action for declaratory relief under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. Section 5 prohibits the enforcement of any change in voting practices or procedures in certain states and other covered jurisdictions, including five of Florida's counties, unless and until the change is approved by the Attorney General of the United States or by a three-judge panel of the United States District Court...

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