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CITY OF MEMPHIS v. HARGETT

No. M2012-02141-SC-R11-CV

414 S.W.3d 88 (2013)

CITY OF MEMPHIS, Tennessee et al. v. Tre HARGETT, Secretary of State et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

October 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Young , Solicitor General; Steven A. Hart , Special Counsel; and Janet M. Kleinfelter , Deputy Attorney General, for the appellants, Tre Hargett, Secretary of State; Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; and Mark Goins, State Coordinator of Elections, all in their official capacities.

George E. Barrett and Douglas S. Johnston, Jr. , Nashville, Tennessee, and Herman Morris, Jr. and Regina Morrison Newman , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, City of Memphis, Tennessee, Daphne Turner-Golden, and Sullistine Bell.

OPINION

GARY R. WADE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., filed a concurring opinion.

In May of 2011, the General Assembly enacted a law providing, with certain exceptions, that all citizens who appear in person to vote must present photographic proof of their identity. The statute authorized a variety...

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