ALABAMA v. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

Case No.: 2:18-CV-00772-RDP.

493 F.Supp.3d 1123 (2020)

State of ALABAMA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al., Defendants. v. Diana Martinez, et al., Intervenor Defendants, and Joey Cardenas, et al., Cross-Claimants, v. Bureau of Census, et al., Cross-Defendants.

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

Signed October 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad A. Chynoweth , Brenton Merrill Smith , Edmund Gerard LaCour , James W. Davis , Steven Troy Marshall , Winfield J. Sinclair , State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff Alabama, State of.

Edmund Gerard LaCour , Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff Morris J. Brooks, Jr.

Brad P. Rosenberg , Elliott M. Davis , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Cross-Defendants Bureau of the Census, Ron S. Jarmin, Wilbur L. Ross, United States Department of Commerce.

James Uriah Blacksher , James U. Blacksher , Attorney, W. Edward Still , Edward Still Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL, Andrea E. Senteno , MALDEF, Washington, DC, Ernest Israel Herrera , Julia A. Gomez , Thomas A. Saenz , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, Nina Perales , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, for Intervenor Defendants and Cross-Claimants Joey Cardenas, Irving Medina, Florinda P. Chavez, Saulo Corona, Chicanos Por La Causa.

Denise Marie Hulett , Ernest Israel Herrera , Julia A. Gomez , Thomas A. Saenz , Ernest Israel Herrera , Pro Hac Vice, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, James Uriah Blacksher , James U. Blacksher , Attorney, W. Edward Still , Edward Still Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL, Andrea E. Senteno , MALDEF, Washington, DC, Nina Perales , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, for Intervenor Defendant and Cross-Claimant Diana Martinez.

James Uriah Blacksher , James U. Blacksher , Attorney, W. Edward Still , Edward Still Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL, Andrea E. Senteno , MALDEF, Washington, DC, Ernest Israel Herrera , Julia A. Gomez , Thomas A. Saenz , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for Intervenor Defendant and Cross-Claimant Raisa Sequeira.

Brad P. Rosenberg , Elliott M. Davis , Alexander V. Sverdlov , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of Commerce, Wilbur L. Ross, Bureau of the Census, Ron S. Jarmin.

Ming Ming Yang , Pro Hac Vice, Jyotin Hamid , Lauren M. Dolecki , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, Robin Thurston , Pro Hac Vice, Democracy Forward Foundation, Dorian Lawrence Spence , Ezra Rosenberg , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Ryan M. Kusmin , Devevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC, Anil A. Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Paul Hartmann Rand , Rand Legal Services LLC, Robert Smith Vance, III , The Bloomston Firm, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant City of San Jose' California.

Robert D. Segall , Copeland Franco Screws & Gill PA, Montgomery, AL, Anil A. Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Birmingham, AL, Jonathan Weissglass , Law Office of Jonathan Weissglass, Oakland, CA, Marcelo Quinones , Raphael N. Rajendra , Office of the County Counsel, San Jose, CA, for Intervenor Defendant County of Santa Clara California.

Anil A. Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Paul Hartmann Rand , Rand Legal Services LLC, Robert Smith Vance, III , The Bloomston Firm, Birmingham, AL, Dorian Lawrence Spence , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Defendant Washington King County.

Joseph Wardenski , Ajay Saini , Pro Hac Vice, Elena Stacy Goldstein , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Colangelo , Pro Hac Vice, Amanda Marie Meyer , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth Morgan , New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY, Joyce White Vance , Tuscaloosa, AL, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant State of New York.

Joyce White Vance , Tuscaloosa, AL, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Birmingham, AL, Gabrielle D. Boutin , Pro Hac Vice, R. Matthew Wise , Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Intervenor Defendant State of California.

Joyce White Vance , Tuscaloosa, AL, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, District of Columbia, State of Illinois, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of Vermont, State of Virginia, Cities and Counties of Cameron County, Texas, Rhode Island Central Falls, Illinois Chicago, Texas Hidalgo County, California Monterey County, New York New York, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Rhode Island Providence, Washington Seattle, United States Conference of Mayors.

Joyce White Vance , Tuscaloosa, AL, Ann E. Lynch , Pro Hac Vice, Miranda M. Cover , Pro Hac Vice, Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau, Boston, MA, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant State of Massachusetts.

J. Nicole DeFever , Pro Hac Vice, Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR, Joyce White Vance , Tuscaloosa, AL, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Washington.

Anil A. Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Robert Smith Vance, III , The Bloomston Firm, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor Defendant City of Atlanta Georgia, Virginia Arlington County.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

In this action, Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the federal government's inclusion of illegal aliens in the population figures used to apportion congressional seats violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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