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APPLEWHITE v. COM.

No. 71 MAP 2012.

54 A.3d 1 (2012)

Viviette APPLEWHITE; Wilola Shinholster Lee; Grover Freeland; Gloria Cuttino; Nadine Marsh; Dorothy Barksdale; Bea Bookler; Joyce Block; Henrietta Kay Dickerson; Devra Mirel ("Asher") Schor; the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Pennsylvania State Conference; Homeless Advocacy Project v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Thomas W. Corbett, in his capacity as governor; Carole Aichele, in her capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Appeal of Viviette Applewhite; Wilola Shinholster Lee; Gloria Cuttino; Nadine Marsh; Bea Bookler; Joyce Block; Henrietta Kay Dickerson; Devra Mirel ("Asher") Schor; The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Pennsylvania State Conference; Homeless Advocacy Project.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer R. Clarke , Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Benjamin David Geffen , Philadelphia, David P. Gersch , Penda D. Hair , Marian Karen Schneider , Witold J. Walczak , American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, for V. Applewhite, W. Lee, G. Cuttino, N. Marsh, B. Bookler, J. Block, H. Dickerson, D. Schor, et al.

Elise Michelle Bruhl , City of Philadelphia Law Department, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, City of Philadelphia, et al.

Irwin William Aronson , Harrisburg, John R. Bielski , Ralph J. Teti , Philadelphia, Allaine S. Williams , Willig, Williams & Davidson, Robert Forest Williams , for Appellant Amicus Curiae, PA. AFL-CIO & PA Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO.

Karen Coleen Buck , Senior Law Center, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Senior Law Center AARP; PA Assoc. of Area Agencies on Aging, et al.

Diane Siegel Danoff , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, Francis James Dermody, III , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Steven M. Freeman , Laurem A. Jones , Robert O. Trestan , for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Anti-Defamation League, Nueva Esperanza Inc., and Latino Justice PRLDEF.

John James Grogan , Howard Israel Langer, Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Peter E. Leckman , for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Common Cause of Pennsylvania.

Matthew S. Hyner , Marek P. Krzyowski , Albert W. Wallis , Benjamin M. Welch , Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross , Elnaz R. Zarrini , for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Barry, Brooks, Engle, Fogg, Frankel, Lyon, M.-Wilson, Plummer, Rand, Segal, Sperling, Rahdert.

Stephen J. Shapiro , Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Stephen J. Shapiro, in his capacity as Judge of Election for Dist. 635, Tredyffrin Twp., Chester Co.

Stacy Lorraine Shields , Moody & Shields Group LLC, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Senator Anthony H. Williams, et al.

Tsiwen M. Law , Law & Zaslow, L.L.C., Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. of PA.

Patrick Schaffner Cawley , Calvin Royer Koons , PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, Linda L. Kelly , Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, John G. Knorr, III , Harrisburg, Kevin Patrick Schmidt , Fort Washington, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Dorothy Alicia Hickok , Alfred W. Putnam Jr. , Philadelphia, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, for Thomas W. Corbett, His Capacity as Governor; Carole Aichele, Capacity as Secretary of the Comm.

Robert Ash, Marshall Goldman , CeCe Heil , Peter Michael Rogers , Pittsburgh, Rogers & Rogers, P.C., Stuart Roth , Jay Alan Sekulow , Erik Zimmerman , for Appellee Amicus Curiae, American Center for Law and Justice.

Rodney A. Corey , PA House of Representatives, Harrisburg, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Republican Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Lloyd T. Hoppe Jr. , Hoppe & Martin, LLP, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Representatives D. Metcalfe/S. Barrar/S. Bloom, et al.

Richard P. Hutchinson , for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Landmark Legal Foundation.

Amanda Jean Lavis , Harrisburg, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Dana Mason, Joseph Costello Marise Stillman, Robert Nausbam, et al.

BEFORE: CASTILLE (C.J.), SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAERR, TODD, McCAFFERY, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Before this Court is a direct appeal from a single-judge order of the Commonwealth Court denying preliminary injunctive relief to various individuals and organizations who filed a Petition for Review challenging the constitutional validity of Act 18 of 2012, also known as the Voter ID Law. Appellate courts review an order granting or denying a preliminary injunction for an abuse of discretion...

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