GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES v. MERRILL

2:15-cv-02193-LSC.

284 F.Supp.3d 1253 (2018)

GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John MERRILL, in his official capacity as the Alabama Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

Signed January 10, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 441 Civil Rights: Voting
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Swarns , Deuel Ross , Leah C. Aden , Natasha Merle , Victorien Wu , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., John Michael Geise , Swati R. Prakash , Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, Coty Montag , Daniel Harawa , Elizabeth Reese , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., James McCall Smith , Joanne B. Grossman , Covington & Burling LLP, Nana Wilberforce , Washington, DC, Joshua A. Gonzalez , Michael S. Greenberg , Nathan E. Shafroth , Richard B. Oatis , Robert D. Fram , Ryan M. Buschell , Sylvia Huang , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, Wallace J. Lee , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, Xiyun Yangy , Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Herman N Johnson, Jr. , Madison, AL, Joseph Mitchell McGuire , McGuire & Associates LLC, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff.

Corey L. Maze , James W. Davis , Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick , Winfield J. Sinclair , Mary Kathryn Mangan , Office of the Attorney General, Laura E. Howell , Alabama Attorney General's Office, William G. Parker, Jr. , Office of the Governor Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, AL, Richard J. Laird, Jr. , Anniston, AL, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

This case addresses the voting rights claims of Plaintiffs Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("the Alabama NAACP"), Giovana Ambrosio, Shameka Harris...

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