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MICHIGAN STATE A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE v. JOHNSON

Case No. 16-cv-11844.

MICHIGAN STATE A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, MARY LANSDOWN, DION WILLIAMS, and COMMON CAUSE, Plaintiffs, v. RUTH JOHNSON, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 23, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 441 Civil Rights: Voting
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute, Mary Lansdown, Erin Comartin, Dion Williams & Common Cause, Plaintiffs, represented by Mary Ellen Gurewitz , Sachs Waldman & Mark C. Brewer , Goodman Acker.

Ruth A. Johnson, Defendant, represented by Adam L.S. Fracassi , Michigan Attorney General, Denise C. Barton , MI Dept of Atty Gen Public Employment, Elections and Torts Division, Elizabeth R. Husa Briggs , MI Dept of Attorney General, Erik A. Grill , Michigan Department of Attorney General Public Employment, Elections and Tort, Joseph Yung-Kuang Ho , Michigan Department of Attorney General, Kendell S. Asbenson , Michigan Department of Attorney General & Rock A. Wood , MI Department of Attorney General State Operations Division.

Lisa Lyons & Michael McCready, Movants, represented by Jonathan E. Lauderbach , Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP.

David Robertson & Marty Knollenberg, Movants, represented by Gary P. Gordon , Dykema Gossett & Jason T. Hanselman , Dykema Gossett, PLLC.

Arlan Meekhof, Movant, represented by John D. Pirich , Honigman, Miller.

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL [156]

I. Introduction

This case involves the constitutionality and legality of 2015 Public Act 268 ("PA 268") in Michigan, a law which eliminated straight-ticket voting in that state. The Plaintiffs...

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