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Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder

Case Information

Date Filed: April 27, 2010
State: Alabama
Issue: Voting Rights Act
Current Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Case 11-5256)

Issue:

Whether Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act are unconstitutional. Amicus Brief of New York Law School Racial Justice Project filed 12/7/11. Reply Brief of Appellant

Status:

Appellee Attorney General Holder brief filed 12/1/11. Appellant Shelby County, Alabama filed 12/15/11.

District Court Documents

 

• Complaint (filed 4/27/10)
• Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 6/8/10)
  • Declaration of Frank C. Ellis Jr.
  • Exhibits A, B
• Motion to Intervene as Defendants (filed 6/11/10)
  • Memorandum in Support of Motion to Intervene
  • Proposed Responsive Pleading
• Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 6/22/10)
  • Exhibits 1, 2, 3
• Response to Motion to Intervene (filed 6/24/10)
  • Exhibit 1
• Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Intervene (filed 6/25/10)
• Answer (filed 6/28/10)
• Plaintiff's Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 7/1/10)
• Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (filed 7/2/10)
• Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Intervene (filed 7/13/10)
• Attorney General's Response to Motion to Intervene (filed 7/13/10)
• Reply to Opposition to Motion to Intervene (filed 7/21/10)
• Applicants for Intervention's Answer (filed 7/28/10)
• Order Granting All Pending Motions to Intervene (entered 8/25/10)
• Answer (filed 8/25/10)
• Minute Order that the Court will hold a status conference in this action on September 10, 2010 [Text only entry] (entered 9/1/10)
• Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 9/8/10)
  • Declaration of Kristen Clarke
• Reply to Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 9/10/10)
• Memorandum Order and Opinion Denying Defendant's request for Discovery (entered 9/16/10)
• Transcript of Proceedings (entered 10/27/10)
• Order setting deadlines and motions hearing (entered 10/29/10)
• Defendant-Intervenors Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/6/10)
  • Memorandum in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment
• Response to Plaintiff's Statement of Facts (filed 11/15/10)
• Defendant Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/15/10)
  • Statement of Facts (filed 11/15/10)
  • McCrary Declaration (filed 11/15/10)
  • Berman Declaration (filed 11/15/10)
• Holder's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/15/10)
  • Memorandum in Support
• Harris Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/15/10)
  • Memorandum in Support
• Memorandum in Opposition to Harris Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/15/10)
• Joint Statement of Uncontested Material Facts (filed 11/15/10)
• Defendant Intervenors Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/15/10)
  • Memorandum in Support
  • Declaration Ernest Montgomery
• Amicus Brief filed by Constitutionally Accountability Center (filed 11/22/10)
• Plaintiff's Reply in Opposition to Motions for Summary Judgment (filed 12/13/10)
  • Statement of Facts
• Holder's Reply to Motion in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 1/14/11)
  • Brinegar Declaration
  • Berman Supplemental Declaration
• Defendant-Intervenors' Reply Memorandum in Support of Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 1/14/11)
• Reply in Support of Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 1/19/11)
• Motion Hearing Held (2/2/11)
• Memorandum of Intervenor Harris on Issue Ordered for Briefing (Voting Rights Act) (filed 2/16/11)
• Consolidated Memorandum of Defendant Intervenors in Support of Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 2/16/11)
• Plaintiff's Supplemental Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to the Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 2/16/11)
• Eric Holder's Supplemental Memorandum of Law (filed 2/16/11)
• Attorney General's Notice of Supplemental Information (filed 6/16/11)
• Notice of Filing (filed 7/15/11)
• Attorney General's Second Notice of Supplimental Information (filed 9/09/11)
• Memorandum Opinion Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 9/21/11)
• Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 9/21/11)
• Notice of Appeal (filed 9/23/11)
• Transmission of Appeal (filed 9/26/11)

Court of Appeals Documents

 

• Statement of Issues (filed 10/4/11)
• Appellant's Unopposed Motion to Expedite (filed 10/4/11)
• Brief of Appellant Shelby County (filed 11/1/11)
• Joint Appendix (filed 11/1/11)
• Amicus Brief of States of Arizona and Georgia (filed 11/8/11)
• Amicus Brief of State of Alabama (filed 11/8/11)
• Amicus Brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation (filed 11/8/11)
• Brief of Appellee Attorney General Holder (filed 12/1/11)
• Amicus Brief of New York Law School Racial Justice Project (filed 12/7/11)
• Amicus Brief of Constitutional Accountability Center (filed 12/8/11)
• Amicus Brief of States of New York, Mississippi, and California (filed 12/9/11)
• Amicus Brief of Alabama NAACP et al (filed 12/9/11)
• Reply Brief of Appellant Shelby County  (filed 12/15/11)