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ABBOTT v. VEASEY

No. 16-393.

137 S.Ct. 612 (2017)

Greg ABBOTT, Governor of Texas, et al. v. Marc VEASEY, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 23, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker , Matthew H. Frederick , Deputy Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, for Petitioners.

Wendy Weiser , Myrna Pérez , Jennifer L. Clark , The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, Ezra D. Rosenberg , Jon M. Greenbaum , Brendan B. Downes , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Amy L. Rudd , Lindsey B. Cohan , Dechert LLP, Austin, TX, Neil Steiner , Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Daniel Gavin Covich , Covich Law Firm LLC, Corpus Christi, TX, Jose Garza , Law Office of Jose Garza, San Antonio, TX, Sidney S. Rosdeitcher , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Robert Notzon , The Law Office of Robert Notzon, Gary Bledsoe , The Bledsoe Law Firm, Austin, TX, Victor Goode , NAACP, Baltimore, MD, for the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives.

Robert W. Doggett , Shoshana J. Krieger , Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Austin, TX, Marinda van Dalen , Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Brownsville, TX, Jose Garza , Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, San Antonio, TX, for Lenard Taylor, Eulalio Mendez Jr., Lionel Estrada, Estela Garcia Espinoza, Maximina Martinez, Lara and La Union Del Pueblo Entero, Inc.

Sherrilyn Ifill , Janai Nelson , Christina A. Swarns , Coty Montag , Leah C. Aden , Deuel Ross , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Jonathan Paikin , Kelly P. Dunbar , Tania Faransso , Thaddeus C. Eagles , Matthew Robinson , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Imani Clark.

Rolando L. Rios , San Antonio, TX, for the Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners.

J. Gerald Hebert , Danielle M. Lang , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, Paul M. Smith , Jessica Ring Amunson , Michelle R. Singer , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for respondents Marc Veasey, et al.

Chad W. Dunn , Brazil & Dunn, Houston, TX, Neil G. Baron , Law Office of Neil G. Baron, Dickinson, TX, David Richards , Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP, Austin, TX, Armand G. Derfner , Derfner & Altman, LLC, Charleston, SC, Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. , Lulac National General Counsel, The Law Offices of Luis Vera Jr. and Associates, San Antonio, TX.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Acting Solicitor General, Vanita Gupta , Principal Deputy Assistant, Attorney General, Diana K. Flynn , Erin H. Flynn , Christine A. Monta , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Brief for the United States in Opposition.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

Statement of Chief Justice ROBERTS respecting the denial of certiorari.

In 2011, the Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 14 (SB14). The law requires voters to present government-issued photo identification before, or shortly after, casting a ballot in person. The United States and private plaintiffs filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern...

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