Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM

League of Women Voters v. Rokita

Case Information

Date Filed: June 20, 2008
State: Indiana
Issue: Voter ID
Courts that Heard this Case: Marion County Superior Court (Case 49D13-0806-PL-027627); Indiana Court of Appeals (Case 49A02-0901-CV-00040); Indiana Supreme Court (Case 49S02-1001-CV-00050)

Issue:

Whether Indiana's Voter ID law is unconstitutional under provisions of the Indiana State Constitution.

Status:

Oral argument 3/4/10.  Final Opinion Affirming the Decision of the Trial Court and Granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss entered 6/30/10.  Opinion Certified on 8/13/10.

Supreme Court Documents

Case Docket

• Appellants' Petition to Transfer (filed 10/19/09)
• Appellee's Petition to Transfer (filed 10/19/09)
• Brief of Professors Madison, Levinson, and Etchson as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants filed (11/9/09)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae League of Women Voters of the United States (filed 11/9/09)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae AARP and National Senior Citizens Law Center (filed 11/9/09)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (filed 11/9/09)
• Brief of Lonna Rae Atkeson, Matt A. Barreto, Lorraine C. Minnite, Jonathan Nagler, Stephen A. Nuno and Gabriel Ramon Sanchez as Amicus Curiae (filed 11/9/09)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Coalition for Social Justice (filed 11/9/09)
• Brief of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund, Inc. as Amicus Curiae (filed 11/9/09)
• Appellants' Response to Petition to Transfer (filed 11/9/09)
• Response to Appellants' Petition to Transfer (filed 11/9/09)
• Reply in Support of Petition to Transfer (filed 11/18/09)
• Appellants' Reply in Support of Petition to Transfer (filed 11/24/09)
• Order Granting Transfer (entered 1/25/10)
• Oral Argument scheduled for March 4, 2010
• Court Issued Opinion Affirming the Decision of the Trial Court and Granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (entered 6/30/10)
• Opinion Certified on August 13, 2010

Court of Appeals Documents

Case Docket

• Notice of Appeal (filed 1/15/09)
• Appellants Case Summary (filed 1/15/09)
• Brief of Appellants (filed 3/2/09)
  • Appendix
• Appellee's Petition for Permission to File a Belated Brief (filed 4/3/09)
  • Appellee's Motion to Filed a Belated Brief (filed 4/6/09)
• Appellee's Verified Motion to File Belated Brief of Appellee and Motion to File Belated Brief of Appellee Instater are GRANTED (entered 4/15/09)
  • Clerk of Court is directed to file the Appellee's brief as of the date of this order
  • Appellant's reply brief, if any shall be filed within 15 days of this order
  • Appellant's reply brief received, awaiting permission to file (5/1/09)
    • Order to File Reply Brief entered (5/12/09)
• Appellant's Additional Citation of Authority (filed 7/17/09)
• Appellee's Response to Appellants' Statement of Additional Authorities (filed 8/14/09)
• Opinion -- Reversing trial court and Remanding with instructions (entered 9/17/09)

Trial Court Documents

NOTICE: The electronic docket for this case is not freely available to the public. Filings in this case are not being monitored on a daily basis. Select documents will be added to this page when possible.

• Complaint (filed 6/20/08)
• Motion for Change of Judge (filed 6/23/08)
• Order Granting Motion for Change of Judge (filed 7/2/08)
• Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 7/14/08)
• Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 7/14/08)
• Response to Motion to Dismiss (filed 7/29/08)
• Motion for Expedited  Status Conference (filed 7/29/08)
• Amended Complaint (filed 7/29/08)
• Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/15/08)
  • Memorandum in Support
• Plaintiff's Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/17/08)
• Order Granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 12/17/08)

Related EL@M Stories

• State's voter ID law target of another suit, Indianapolis Star, 6/21/08