| No. 17-333 | |
| Title: | O. John Benisek, et al., Appellants v. Linda H. Lamone, Administrator, Maryland State Board of Elections, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 1, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the District of Maryland |
| Case Numbers: | (1:13-cv-03233-JKB) |
| Decision Date: | August 24, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 01 2017 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due October 2, 2017) |
| Sep 01 2017 | Motion to expedite consideration of the jurisdictional statement filed by appellants. |
| Sep 11 2017 | Response in opposition to motion to expedite consideration of the jurisdictional statement from appellees filed. |
| Sep 12 2017 | Reply to response in opposition to motion to expedite consideration of the jurisdictional statement from appellants filed. |
| Sep 13 2017 | Motion to expedite consideration filed by appellants DENIED. |
| Sep 14 2017 | Order extending time to file response to the jurisdictional statement to and including October 31, 2017. |
| Oct 31 2017 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees Linda H. Lamone, et al. |
| Nov 13 2017 | Opposition to motion of appellants O. John Benisek, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 14 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017. |
| Dec 04 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017. |
| Dec 08 2017 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. |
| Dec 26 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, O. John Benisek, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 05 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Linda H. Lamone, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 22 2018 | Brief of appellants O. John Benisek, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Joint appendix filed (4 volumes). (Statement of cost filed.) |
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| Jan 24 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
| Jan 25 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Current and Former Members of Congress filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and the County of Santa Clara filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael Kang filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center and Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Support of Neither Party filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Governors Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr., Arnold A. Schwarzenegger, Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr., and John R. Kasich filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Stephen M. Shapiro filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 21 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.D.C Dist. of Maryland. |
| Feb 21 2018 | Brief of appellees Linda H. Lamone, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Senator Joseph B. Scarnati, III filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Wisconsin filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of States of Michigan, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 13 2018 | Reply of appellants O. John Benisek, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 28 2018 | Argued. For appellants: Michael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Steven M. Sullivan, Solicitor General, Baltimore, Md. |
| Jun 18 2018 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Opinion per curiam. |
| Jul 20 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mkimberly@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3127 |
| Party name: O. John Benisek, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Steven Marshall Sullivan Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 ssullivan@oag.state.md.us | (410) 576-6325 |
| Party name: Linda H. Lamone, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Emmet J Bondurant II Counsel of Record | Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 bondurant@bmelaw.com | 404-421-0837 |
| Party name: Common Cause | ||
| Douglas R. Cox Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 dcox@gibsondunn.com | 202-887-3531 |
| Party name: Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Current and Former Members of Congress | ||
| Daniel F Kolb Counsel of Record | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 daniel.kolb@davispolk.com | 212-450-4000 |
| Party name: Professor Michael Kang | ||
| Theresa Jeane Lee Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 tlee@aclu.org | 2122847359 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union | ||
| Vincent Gregory Levy Counsel of Record | Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP 750 Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor New York, NY 10019 vlevy@hsgllp.com | (646) 837-5132 |
| Party name: THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT N.Y.U. SCHOOL OF LAW | ||
| Aaron David Lindstrom Counsel of Record | Michigan Department of Attorney General P.O. Box 30212 525 West Ottawa Street, 7th Floor Lansing, MI 48909 lindstroma@michigan.gov | 517-373-1124 |
| Party name: States of Michigan, et al. | ||
| Alan B. Morrison Counsel of Record | George Washington Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 abmorrison@law.gwu.edu | 2029947120 |
| Party name: Stephen M. Shapiro | ||
| Gary Michael Parsons Jr. Counsel of Record | 1333 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 michael@parsons.net | 2028874559 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and the County of Santa Clara | ||
| Robert D. Popper Counsel of Record | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 rpopper@judicialwatch.org | 202-646-5172 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation | ||
| Ezra David Rosenberg Counsel of Record | Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1401 New York Ave., N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 erosenberg@lawyerscommittee.org | (202) 662-8600 |
| Party name: The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Lavelle Lemon, Marlon Reid, Celeste Sims, Patricia Smith, and Coley Tyson | ||
| Paul March Smith Counsel of Record | Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org | 202-736-2200 |
| Party name: The Campaign Legal Center, The Southern Coalition for Social Justice | ||
| Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jt@hvjt.law | 540 341 8808 |
| Party name: Senator Joseph B. Scarnati, III | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Wisconsin Dept. of Justice 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 tseytlinm@doj.state.wi.us | (608) 267-9323 |
| Party name: State of Wisconsin | ||
| Colin Emmet Wrabley Counsel of Record | Reed Smith LLP 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 cwrabley@reedsmith.com | 412-288-3548 |
| Party name: Governors Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr., Arnold A. Schwarzenegger, Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr., and John R. Kasich | ||