Last Updated: January 4, 2012 at 12:20 PM
NAACP v. Murphy
Case Information
Date Filed: July 9, 2009
State: Indiana
Issue: Voter Registration
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Case 1:09-cv-00849-TWP-DML)
Issue:
Whether the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires public assistance agencies in Indiana to distribute voter application forms, has been violated.
Status:
Order regarding Settlement entered 1/12/11. Order Directing Filing of Status Report entered 3/1/11. Joint Status Report filed 4/4/11. Joint Status Report filed 4/18/11. Order Vacating Status Conference filed 4/21/11. Joint Motion to Certify the Class filed 5/12/11. Joint Motion for Notice to Certify the Class filed 5/12/11. Order Certifying Class Action entered 5/18/11. Order Approving Class Action Settlement enter 8/25/11.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 7/9/09) - Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Response (filed 8/19/09)
- Motion for Pretrial Conference (filed 8/19/09)
- Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time to File (entered 8/20/09)
- Order Granting Motion for Pretrial Conference (entered 8/20/09)
- Amended Complaint - Class Action (filed 9/14/09)
- Motion to Certify Class (filed 9/14/09)
- Brief/Memorandum in Support of Motion (filed 9/14/09)
- Brief/Memorandum in Support of Motion
- Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Response (filed 9/25/09)
- Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/28/09)
- Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time (filed 9/28/09)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/29/09)
- Corrected Amended Complaint - Class Action (filed 10/6/09)
- Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/13/09)
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (filed 10/26/09)
- Response in Opposition to Motion to Certify Class (filed 10/30/09)
- Reply in Support of Motion to Certify Class (filed 11/13/09)
- Joint Report on Discovery and Proposed Discovery Plan (filed 12/10/09)
- Minute Entry from Status Conference (entered 12/14/09)
- Notice of Dismissal of Plaintiff ACORN (entered 2/26/10)
- Order of Dismissal of Plaintiff ACORN (entered 3/1/10)
- Joint Request for a Discovery Conference (filed 3/2/10)
- Telephonic Discovery Conference set for 3/4/2010 02:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch (entered 3/3/10)
- Entry and Order from Discovery Conference (entered 3/8/10)
- Joint MOTION to Excuse Certain Individuals Attending Settlement Conference , filed by Plaintiff (filed 4/13/10)
- ORDER Excusing Certain Individuals From Attending, In Person, the April 30, 2010 Settlement Conference (entered 4/14/10)
- Entry and Order from Settlement Conference (entered 5/5/10)
- Reassignment of Case to Judge Tanya Walton Pratt (entered 6/25/10)
- Entry and Order from Settlement Conference (entered 7/22/10)
- Notice of Voluntary Dismissal by Plaintiff (filed 8/11/10)
- Entry and Order from Settlement Conference (entered 8/25/10)
- Scheduling Order (entered 12/17/10)
- Revised Scheduling Order (entered 12/30/10)
- Order Regarding Settlement (entered 1/12/11)
- Joint Status Report (filed 2/28/11)
- Order Directing Filing of Status Report (entered 3/1/11)
- Joint Status Report (filed 4/4/11)
- Order Directing Filing of Status Report and Setting Status Conference (entered 4/6/11)
- Joint Status Report (filed 4/18/11)
- Order Vacating Status Conference (filed 4/21/11)
- Joint Motion to Certify the Class (filed 5/12/11)
- Joint Motion for Notice to Certify the Class (filed 5/12/11)
- Order Certifying Class Action (entered 5/18/11)
- Order Directing Notice to Class of Proposed Class Action Settlement and Setting Case for Fairness Hearing (entered 5/18/11)
- Joint Report on Response to Class Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlements (entered 8/15/11)
- Order Approving Class Action Settlement and an Award of Attorney's Fees and Costs (entered 8/25/11)
- Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Defendants Indiana Election Commissioners With Prejudice (filed 9/23/11)
- Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Defendants Indiana Election Commissioners With Prejudice (filed 10/6/11)
Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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