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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
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

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.
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Jan 05 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Linda H. Lamone, et al.
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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