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Johnson v. DeGrandy

4:92-cv-40015 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 1992

Closed Date: 1994

On January 14, 1992, a member of the Florida House of Representatives and other registered voters representing African-American and Hispanic voters, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, the President of the Florida Senate, the Governor of Florida, and other state officials for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. T…
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U.S.A. v. Bd of Elec. Commn. for St. Louis City

4:02-cv-01235 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On August 14, 2002, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of the State of Missouri alleging that the requirements with respect to voter registration enacted by the Board during the November 7, 2000 National Election violated the Voting Rights Act. The suit was based on the claims that the Board of Elections unjustly placed thousands of active voters on inactive status and thu…
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Emery v. Hunt

3:00-cv-03008 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2003

On February 14, 2000, Native American registered voters and residents of Dewey County, in District 28 of the South Dakota legislature, filed a lawsuit against South Dakota in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, Central Division. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the dissolution of two special legislative districts in 1996 violated 42 U.S.C. §1973. Specifi…
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U.S.A. v. South Dakota

3:00-cv-03015 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: March 28, 2000

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2002

This is a case about the protection of the voting rights of Native Americans in state legislature elections.  South Dakota has 35 legislative districts, each of which elects one senator and two representatives.  Before the 1990 census, the two representatives were elected at large to represent the entire legislative district.  The legislature redistricted in 1991 "in order to protect minority voting rights”: District 28 in the north central part of the state was split into two single-member Hou…
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Mays v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00341 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

On March 26, 2020, the Christian Ministerial Alliance and two voters filed a suit against the Governor and Secretary of State of Arkansas against the Election Day receipt deadline. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the plaintiffs sought declaratory action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02 and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 52 U.S.C. § 10301 enjoining the Election Day Receipt deadline. The plaintiffs alleged that the deadline posed significant risks fo…
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League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning

4:11-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On December 15, 2011, the League of Women Voters of Florida, Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, and Rock the Vote brought this lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of Florida. They sued relevant Florida officials to prevent the enforcement of a Florida Statutes § 97.0575, as amended in 2011, and an implementing rule, Florida Administrative Code Rule 1S-2.042, which they claimed unconstitutionally and unlawfully burdens their efforts to encourage civil enga…
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Arcia v. Detzner

1:12-cv-22282 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 17, 2012

Closed Date: 2012

On June 17, 2012, this fourth lawsuit over Florida's voter purge program was filed by a group of civil and voting rights organizations against the Florida Secretary of State under Section 1983, the Voting Rights Act, and the National Voter Registration Act. They argue that the purge program discriminated against black and Latino citizens, and that it illegally happened within 90 days of a federal election.Before trial, the two sides entered into a stipulation regarding some of the claims. Flor…
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Fletcher v. Lamone

8:11-cv-03220 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On November 10, 2011, nine African-American voters in Maryland filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Maryland, under Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. §1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked for both declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that Maryland intentionally violated minority rights after the 2010 Census by only creating two minority-majority districts (out of eight total) despite 40% of the populat…
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Brooks v. Gant

5:12-cv-05003 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2012

Closed Date: 2013

On January 13, 2012, members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota against the State of South Dakota, Shannon County, and Fall River County, under §2 and §5 of the Voting Rights Act, the Indian Citizenship Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Declaratory Judgment Act, and state law. They argued that the lack of early voting in Shannon County, the county where the Oglala Sioux reside and which is populated entirely by Native Am…
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Phillips v. Snyder

2:13-cv-11370 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 27, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On March 27, 2013, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the State of Michigan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Plaintiffs were a coalition of unelected citizens, public employee union members and representatives, and locally elected officials from cities in Michigan that were currently under the authority of an Emergency Manager. Represented by a combination of private counsel and the Center for Constitutional Rights, plaintiffs alleged that the state violated…