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Baber v. Dunlap

Case Information

Date Filed: November 13, 2018
State: Maine
Issue: Voting Rights Act
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court (Case 1:18-cv-00465); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Case 1:18-cv-00465)

Issue:

Whether the RCV Act is undermining the right to vote

Status:

Complaint filed 11/13/18.  Motion for preliminary injunction filed 11/13/18. Emergency Motion for TRO filed 11/13/18. Motion for TRO denied 11/15/18. Order for motion to consolidate denied filed 11/15/18. Decision for Preliminary Injunction filed 12/13/18. Judgement in Favor of Defendants filed 12/13/18. Case Terminated filed 12/13/18. Notice of Appeal filed 12/17/18. Emergecny Motion for Injunction filed in First Circuit Court of Appeals filed 12/18/18. Judgement, Mandate, and Appeals closed filed 12/28/18. Case terminated 12/12/18.

District Court Documents

  • Complaint pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminiary Injunction pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Affidavit of Jason P Sorens pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Jarden Golden's Unopposed Motion to Intervene pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Affidavit of Bruce Poliquin in Support of Temporary Restraining Order pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Defendant-Intervenor Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order pdf file (11/13/18)
  • Motion to Consolidate pdf file (11/14/18)
  • Defendant Golden's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion pdf file (11/14/18)
  • Unopposed Motiont to Intervene pdf file (11/14/18)
  • Declaration of Deputy Secretary of State pdf file (11/14/18)
  • Order on Plaintiffs Motion for Temporary Restraining Order pdf file (11/15/18)
  • Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Expedite Briefing and Argument pdf file (11/15/18)
  • Affidavit pdf file (11/21/18)
  • First Amendend Complaint pdf file (11/27/18)
  • Affidavit of James Gimpel pdf file (11/28/18)
  • Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Preliminiary Injunction pdf file (11/28/18)
  • Defendant Secretary Opposition to Preliminary Injunction pdf file (11/28/18)
  • Response in Opposition for Prelomonary Injunction pdf file (11/28/18)
  • Brief in Opposition to Motion pdf file (11/29/18)
  • Plaintiffs' Supplement to Expert Witness Disclosure in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction pdf file (12/2/18)
  • Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendants' Oppositions to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminiary Injunction pdf file (11/29/18)
  • Response to Motion for Preliminary Injunction pdf file (12/7/18)
  • Decision and Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction pdf file (12/13/18)
  • Judgment in Favor of Defendants pdf file (12/13/18)
  • Notice of Appeal pdf file (12/17/18)

    • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

  • Plaintiffs-Appeallants' Emergency Motion for Injunction pdf file (12/18/18)
  • Brief in Opposition to Motion for Injunction pdf file (12/19/18)
  • Response to Motion pdf file (12/19/18)
  • Opposition to Appellants' Motion for Injunction pdf file (12/19/18)
  • Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs-Appellants' Emergency Motion pdf file (12/20/18)
  • Reply in Support to Emergency Motion pdf file (12/20/18)
  • Order, Emergency Injunction Denied pdf file (12/21/18)
  • Plaintiff's-Appellants' Consented to Motion to Dismiss Appeal pdf file (12/28/18)
  • Judgement pdf file (12/28/18)
  • Mandate pdf file (12/28/18)

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