COMMON CAUSE v. BIDEN

Civil Action No. 12-775 (EGS).

909 F.Supp.2d 9 (2012)

COMMON CAUSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joseph R. BIDEN, Jr., in his official capacity as President of the United States Senate, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Spaulding , Common Cause, Washington, DC, Emmet J. Bondurant , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs.

Morgan John Frankel , Grant Raymond Vinik , Patricia M. Bryan , Thomas Edward Caballero , Office of Senate Legal Counsel, United States Senate, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action are a non-profit organization devoted to government accountability and election reform, four members of the United States House of Representatives, and three individuals who allege they would have benefited from the DREAM Act. They bring this suit against representatives of the United States Senate seeking a declaratory judgment that Rule XXII (the "Cloture Rule" or the...

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