LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS OF INDIANA v. ROKITA

No. 49S02-1001-CV-50.

929 N.E.2d 758 (2010)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF INDIANA, INC., and League of Women Voters of Indianapolis, Inc., Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. Todd ROKITA, in his official capacity as Indiana Secretary of State, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Groth, Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe, LLP, Karen Celestino-Horseman, Thomas N. Austin, Bruce G. Jones, Austin & Jones, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Heather L. Hagan, Ashley E. Tatman, Deputy Attorney Generals, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

Andrew Mallon, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Craig A. Cowie, Carrie F. Apfel, Daniel I. Weiner, James C. Cox, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Professors Madison, Levinson, and Etcheson in Support of Appellants.

Jon M. Greenbaum, Robert A. Kengle, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Sri Srinivasan, Charles E. Borden, Micah W.J. Smith, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Kathleen M. Sweeney, Schembs Sweeney Law, Indianapolis, IN, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Support of Appellants.

A. Douglas Stephens, Clermont, IN, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Lonna Rae Atkeson, Matt A. Barreto, Lorraine C. Minnite, Jonathan Nagler, Stephen A. Nuño and Gabriel Ramon Sanchez in Opposition to Defendant's Petition to Transfer.

Daniel B. Kohrman, AARP Foundation Litigation, Joshua D. Weinberg, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Washington, DC, Brenda Wright, Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, Brighton, MA, John W. Borkowski, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., South Bend, IN, for Amicus Curiae Brief of AARP and National Senior Citizens Law Center in Support of Appellants.

Michael K. Sutherlin, Michael K. Sutherlin & Associates, PC, Indianapolis, IN, Lloyd Leonard, League of Women Voters of the United States, Michael H. Jacobs, Justine E. Daigneault, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, Amy T. Tridgell, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Brief of League of Women Voters of the United States.

Eric Koselke, Indianapolis, IN, M. Laughlin McDonald, American Civil Liberties Union, Inc., Voting Rights Project, Atlanta, GA, Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Amici Curiae.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Brief of The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. in Opposition to Defendant's Petition to Transfer.


On Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0901-CV-40

DICKSON, Justice.

The sole plaintiffs in this case, the Indiana State and Indianapolis chapters of the League of Women Voters, brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the Indiana Voter ID Law violates Article 2, Section 2, and Article 1, Section 23 of the Indiana Constitution. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss, concluding that the Voter ID Law did...

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