TEXAS v. HOLDER

Civil Action No. 12-cv-128 (DST, RMC, RLW).

888 F.Supp.2d 113 (2012)

State of TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam W. Aston , John William McKenzie , Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Patrick Kinney Sweeten , Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, Asha L.I. Spencer, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Elizabeth Stewart Westfall , Matthew Colangelo , Meredith E.B. Bell-Platts , Bruce I. Gear , Bryan L. Sells , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

Before TATEL, Circuit Judge, and COLLYER and WILKINS, District Judges.


TATEL, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Texas seeks a declaratory judgment that Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), a newly-enacted law requiring in-person voters to present a photo ID, "neither has the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race[,] color," or "member[ship] [in] a language minority group." 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973c(a), 1973b...

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