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
 
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.
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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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Michael B. Kimberly
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
mkimberly@mayerbrown.com
Ph: (202) 263-3127
Party name: O. John Benisek, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
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
Ph: (410) 576-6325
Party name: Linda H. Lamone, et al.


Other Attorneys
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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 2029947120
Party name: Stephen M. Shapiro


Gary Michael Parsons Jr.
Counsel of Record
1333 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
michael@parsons.net
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 412-288-3548
Party name: Governors Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr., Arnold A. Schwarzenegger, Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr., and John R. Kasich