FINN v. COBB COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

1:22-CV-02300-ELR.

682 F.Supp.3d 1331 (2023)

Karen FINN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COBB COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

Signed July 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Erik Heard, Michael Joseph Tafelski, Southern Poverty Law Center, Miami, FL, Christopher Shenton, Jeffrey Loperfido, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Douglas Koff, Jacqueline Maero-Blaskowski, Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Jason Sunday, Pro Hac Vice, Paul A. Schochet, Pro Hac Vice, Savannah Rose Price, Pro Hac Vice, Tara Lederer, Thomas Livingstone Mott, Pro Hac Vice, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NY, Ezra D. Rosenberg, Jon M. Greenbaum, Pro Hac Vice, Julie Marie Houk, Pro Hac Vice, Sofia Fernandez Gold, Pro Hac Vice, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Heather Jean Szilagyi, Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Sabrina S. Khan, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Washington, DC, Pichaya Poy Winichakul, Courtney Ann O'Donnell, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Rahul Garabadu, Caitlin Felt May, Cory Isaacson, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs Karen Finn, Dr. Jullian Ford, Hylah Daly, Jenne Dulcio, Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc., New Georgia Project Action Fund, Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, Inc.

Bradley Erik Heard, Michael Joseph Tafelski, Southern Poverty Law Center, Miami, FL, Caren E. Short, League of Women Voters of the United States, Washington, DC, Ezra D. Rosenberg, Jon M. Greenbaum, Pro Hac Vice, Julie Marie Houk, Pro Hac Vice, Sofia Fernandez Gold, Pro Hac Vice, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Heather Jean Szilagyi, Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Sabrina S. Khan, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Washington, DC, Christopher Shenton, Jeffrey Loperfido, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Douglas Koff, Jacqueline Maero-Blaskowski, Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Jason Sunday, Pro Hac Vice, Paul A. Schochet, Pro Hac Vice, Savannah Rose Price, Pro Hac Vice, Tara Lederer, Thomas Livingstone Mott, Pro Hac Vice, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NY, Pichaya Poy Winichakul, Courtney Ann O'Donnell, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Rahul Garabadu, Caitlin Felt May, Cory Isaacson, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff League of Women Voters of Marietta-Cobb.

Daniel Walter White, Haynie, Litchfield & White, PC, Marietta, GA, for Defendant Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration.

Heather Jean Szilagyi, Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Tara Lederer, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel Walter White, Haynie, Litchfield & White, PC, Marietta, GA, for Defendant Janine Eveler.

Jonathan Dean Crumly, Sr., Scott Eric Anderson, Philip Wade Savrin, William H. Buechner, Jr., Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Cobb County School District.


ORDER

There are several matters pending before the Court. The Court sets out its reasoning and conclusions below.

I. Factual Background1

This case stems from the 2022 redrawing of the seven (7) districts from which members of the Cobb County...

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