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LULAC v. Deininger

Case Information

Date Filed: February 23, 2012
State: Wisconsin
Issue: Voter ID
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Case 2:12-cv-00185); US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Case 14-2059); United States Supreme Court (Case 14A352); United States Supreme Court (Case 14-803)

Issue:

Whether Wisconsin's voter ID law violates the right to vote of African-Americans and Latinos.

Status:

For latest updates, see Frank v. Walker.

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 2/23/12)
• Defendants' Answer to Complaint (filed 3/15/12)
• Confidentiality Stipulation and Protective Order (filed 3/23/12)
• Motion for Protective Order (filed 3/29/12)
• Amicus Brief of LULAC (filed 4/23/12)
• Motion for Preliminary Injuction (filed 4/23/12)
• Support for Motion for Preliminary Injuction (filed 4/23/12)
• Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/4/12)
• Declaration of Clayton P. Kawski (filed 6/4/12)
  • Affidavit of David Buerger (filed 6/4/12)
  • Certification of the Driving Record of Bettye Jones (filed 6/4/12)
  • Copy of Gonzalez v. Arizona (filed 6/4/12)
  • Deposition of Leland Beatty (filed 6/4/12)
  • Erikson and Minnite Article (filed 6/4/12)
  • Elections Article (filed 6/4/12)
  • Deposition of Lorraine C. Minnite (filed 6/4/12)
  • Deposition of Barry Burden (filed 6/4/12)
• Declaration of M.V. Hood III (filed 6/4/12)
• Declaration of Kristina H. Boardman (filed 6/4/12)
• Motion of Amici Curiae Voters to Oppose a Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/4/12)
• Order Granting Amici Curiae Opportunity to Oppose Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/4/12)
• Amici Curiae Memorandum Opposing Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/4/12)
• Order Granting Motion of Amici Curiae to Oppose Preliminary Injunction and File an Oversize Brief (filed 6/7/12)
• Plaintiff's Motion to Revise Scheduling Orders (filed 6/11/12)
• Order Revising Scheduling Orders (filed 6/12/12)
• Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 6/27/12)
• Declaration of Billy McKinney (filed 6/27/12)
• Declaration of Jacqueline Johnson (filed 6/27/12)
• Declaration of Jemmie Lee Randale (filed 6/27/12)
• Rebuttal Declaration of Leland Beatty (filed 6/27/12)
• Declaration of John C. Ulin (filed 6/27/12)
  • Depositions (filed 6/27/12)
  • Scholarly Articles (filed 6/27/12)
  • Deposition and Scholarly Article (filed 6/27/12)
  • More Depositions and Scholarly Articles (filed 6/27/12)
• Corrected Reply Brief (filed 7/9/12)
• Court Minutes Postponing Trial Until Spring 2013 (filed 8/15/12)
• Scheduling Order (filed 9/24/12)
• Minutes of Conference (filed 9/27/12)
• Notice of Cancellation of October 10 Hearing (filed 10/8/12)
• Minutes of Conference (filed 12/18/12)
• Status Conference (filed 1/30/13)
• Order Setting Schedule (filed 7/30/13)
• Status Conference Minutes (filed 7/30/13)
• Notice Regarding Death of One of the Plaintiffs (filed 8/14/13)
• Assistant Attorney General Kawski's Letter Removing Attorneys on Record (filed 8/29/13)
• 2nd Declaration of Clayton P. Kawski (filed 8/30/13)
  • Exhibit A: Obituary of Bettye Stitts Jones (filed 8/30/13)
• Rule 7h Motion to Advance Consideration of Jurisdiction (filed 8/30/13)
• Plaintiff Response to Rule7h Motion (filed 9/4/13)
• Declaration of Charles G. Curtis Jr. (filed 9/4/13)
• Order Setting Status Conference (filed 9/12/13)
• Order Denying Motion to Advance Consideration of Jurisdiction (filed 9/17/13)
• Plaintiffs' Rule 16(c) Pretrial Report (filed 10/18/13)
  • Exhibit 1: Resume Leland Beatty (filed 10/18/13)
  • Exhibit 2: Resume Barry Burden (filed 10/18/13)
  • Exhibit 3: Resume Lorraine C. Minnite (filed 10/18/13)
  • Exhibit 4: Trial Exhibit List (filed 10/18/13)
  • Exhibit 5: Jones Plaintiffs' Depositions (filed 10/18/13)
• Defendants' Rule 16(c) Pretrial Report (filed 10/18/13)
• Declaration of Daniel P. Lennington (filed 10/31/13)
• Defendant's 7(h) Motion to Exclude Testimony of John R. Mas (filed 10/31/13)
• Plaintiff's Supplemental Trial Exhibits (filed 11/1/13)
• Declaration of Nathan D. Foster (filed 11/4/13)
  • Exhibit 1: Declaration of Leland Beatty (filed 11/4/13)
  • Exhibit 2: Video Transcript (filed 11/4/13)
  • Exhibit 3: Deposition of Hood (filed 11/4/13)
• Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant Motion to Exclude (filed 11/4/13)
• Civil Trial Minutes (filed 11/13/13)
• Supplemental Trial Exhibit List (filed 11/15/13)
• Scheduling Order (filed 11/22/13)
• Letter on Exhibit (filed 11/25/13)
• Defendant Post-Trial Brief (filed 12/22/13)
• Plaintiff Post-Trial Brief (filed 12/22/13)
• Decision and Order (filed 4/29/14)
• Judgment (filed 4/29/14)
• Joint Motion for Order Holding in Abeyance Proceedings Regarding Attorneys' Fees (5/6/14)
  • Stipulation
  • Proposed Order
• Order that Proceedings Regarding Attorneys' Fees are to be held in Abeyance (5/7/14)
• Defendants' Notice of Appeal  (filed 5/12/14)
  • Decision and Order 
  • Judgment 
• Defendants' Motion to Stay Permanent Injunction (filed 5/12/14)
• Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Stay (filed 6/3/14)
• Defendants' Reply in support of Motion to Stay (filed 6/6/14)
• Letter from Clayton P. Kawski (filed 8/1/14)
• Letter from Charles G. Curtis (filed 8/11/14)
• Decision and Order (filed 8/13/14)
• Order granting stay of mandate (filed 8/13/14)
• Joint Motion for Extension of Time  (filed 11/2/14) 
  • Joint Stipulation
• Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time  (filed 11/4/14)
• Defendants' Proposed Bill of Costs (filed 4/24/15)
  • Exhibit
  • Exhibit
• Briefing Letter (filed 4/27/15)
• Plaintiffs' Objection to Proposed Bill of Costs (filed 5/12/15)
• See Frank v. Walker for further district court filings.
• NOTIFICATION of Exhibit Release sent to counsel of record (filed 9/1/15)
• Exhibits Destroyed (No Document) (filed 10/05/15)

Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

• Order for Consolidation of Cases (filed 5/ 14/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement (filed 5/16/14)
• Appellees' Docketing Statement (filed 5/27/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement (filed 6/2/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement (filed 6/2/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement (filed 6/2/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement (filed 6/2/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement  (filed 6/5/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement  (filed 6/5/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement  (filed 6/5/14)
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement  (filed 6/5/14)  
• Appellees' Disclosure Statement  (filed 6/6/14)  
• Appellants' Motion to file Oversized Briefs (filed 6/10/14)
• Order denying Motion to file Oversized Briefs (filed 6/12/14)
• Appellants' Brief (filed 6/23/14)
  • Appendix Part 1
  • Appendix Part 2
  • Appendix Part 3
  • Appendix Part 4
  • Appendix Part 5
  • Appendix Part 6
  • Appendix Part 7
• Brief deficiency letter sent to Appellants  (filed 6/24/14)
• Appellants' Appendix  (filed 6/24/14)
  • Vol 1 
  • Vol 2 
  • Vol 3 
• Separate Appellants' Appendix  (filed 6/24/14)
  • Vol 1 
  • Vol 2 
  • Vol 3 
• Mountain States Foundation's Disclosure Statement (filed 6/30/14)
• Mountain States Foundation's Motion for Leave to file Amicus Curiae (filed 6/30/14)
• Non-Party's Motion to file Amicus Curiae (filed 6/30/14)
• Order denying Motion to file Amicus Curiae (filed 7/21/14)
• Appellee's Disclosure Statement (filed 7/22/14)
• Appellee's Disclosure Statement (filed 7/22/14)
• Frank Appellees' Brief (filed 7/23/14)
• Appellees' Joint Appendix (filed 7/23/14)
  • Vol II
• LULAC's Brief (filed 7/23/14)
• Frank Appellees' Brief (filed 7/23/14)
• Appellees' Joint Supplemental Appendix (filed 7/23/14)
  • Vol II
• LULAC's Consolidated Brief (filed 7/24/14)
• Appellants' Motion to Stay Injunction (filed 8/5/14)
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• Scheduling Order (filed 8/5/14)
• Appellees' Citation of Additional Authority (filed 8/11/14)
• Appellees' Citation of Additional Authority (filed 8/11/14)
• Frank Appellees' Opposition to Expedited Motion to Stay (filed 8/19/14)
• LULAC Appellees' Opposition to Expedited Motion to Stay (filed 8/19/14)
• Order regarding motion to stay permanent injunction (filed 8/21/14)
• Appellants' Reply regarding Expedited Motion to Stay (filed 8/22/14)
• Order Granting Stay and Permitting Wisconsin to Enforce Voter ID Law (filed 9/12/14)
• Emergency Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc (filed 9/16/14)
• Scheduling Order (filed 9/17/14)
• Appellant's Response to Emergency Petition for Rehearing (filed 9/23/14)
• Order denying Motion for Rehearing (filed 9/26/14)
• Opinions (filed 9/30/14)
• Opinion Reversing District Decision (filed 10/06/14)
• Final Judgment (filed 10/06/14)
• Appellee's Emergency Motion for Stay of Order (filed 10/07/14)
• Opinion on Request to Rehear En Banc (filed 10/10/14)
• Order Granting Motion to Stay (filed 10/15/14)
• Appellants' Bill of Costs (filed 10/20/14)
• Notice from Supreme Court of filing of Petition for Writ of Cert  (filed 1/12/15) 

U.S. Supreme Court Documents

• Emergency Application to Vacate Stay (filed 10/02/14)
• Memorandum in Opposition to Emergency Application (filed 10/06/14)
• Emergency Application to Stay Seventh Circuit Judgment (filed 10/08/14)
• Order Granting Application to Vacate Stay (filed 10/09/14)

Related News

• Trial of two challenges to Wisconsin's voter ID law concludes: Federal judge is expected to decide case early next year (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 11/15/13)