ROBINSON v. ARDOIN

CIVIL ACTION 22-CV-211-SDD-SDJ.

731 F.Supp.3d 711 (2024)

Press ROBINSON, et al. v. Kyle ARDOIN.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

Signed April 25, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin Burke, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Pro Hac Vice, Victoria Wenger, Pro Hac Vice, Kathryn C. Sadasivan, Pro Hac Vice, Stuart C. Naifeh, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Adam Savitt, Pro Hac Vice, Amitav Chakraborty, Pro Hac Vice, Arielle B. McTootle, Pro Hac Vice, Briana Sheridan, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Sinnreich, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Hurwitz, Pro Hac Vice, Robert A. Atkins, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Z. Klein, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. O'Loughlin, Pro Hac Vice, Yahonnes Cleary, Pro Hac Vice, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Dayton Campbell-Harris, Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, New York, NY, John N. Adcock, Adcock Law LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nora Ahmed, Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Legros, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Tracie L. Washington, Tracie L. Washington, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Daniel J. Hessel, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany Alora Thomas, Pro Hac Vice, Harvard Law School Election Law Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Jared Evans, Pro Hac Vice, Sara Sara Rohani, Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, Sarah E. Brannon, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Press Robinson, Dorothy Nairne, Clee Earnest Lowe, Davante Lewis, Martha Davis, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice.

Colin Burke, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Pro Hac Vice, Victoria Wenger, Pro Hac Vice, Kathryn C. Sadasivan, Pro Hac Vice, Stuart C. Naifeh, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Adam Savitt, Pro Hac Vice, Amitav Chakraborty, Pro Hac Vice, Arielle B. McTootle, Pro Hac Vice, Briana Sheridan, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Sinnreich, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Hurwitz, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Z. Klein, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. O'Loughlin, Pro Hac Vice, Yahonnes Cleary, Pro Hac Vice, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Dayton Campbell-Harris, Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, New York, NY, John N. Adcock, Adcock Law LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nora Ahmed, Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Legros, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Tracie L. Washington, Tracie L. Washington, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Daniel J. Hessel, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany Alora Thomas, Pro Hac Vice, Harvard Law School Election Law Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Jared Evans, Pro Hac Vice, Sara Sara Rohani, Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, Sarah E. Brannon, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Edgar Cage.

Colin Burke, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Pro Hac Vice, Victoria Wenger, Pro Hac Vice, Kathryn C. Sadasivan, Pro Hac Vice, Stuart C. Naifeh, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Adam Savitt, Pro Hac Vice, Amitav Chakraborty, Pro Hac Vice, Arielle B. McTootle, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Sinnreich, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Hurwitz, Pro Hac Vice, Robert A. Atkins, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Z. Klein, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. O'Loughlin, Pro Hac Vice, Yahonnes Cleary, Pro Hac Vice, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Dayton Campbell-Harris, Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, New York, NY, John N. Adcock, Adcock Law LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nora Ahmed, Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Legros, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Tracie L. Washington, Tracie L. Washington, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Daniel J. Hessel, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany Alora Thomas, Pro Hac Vice, Harvard Law School Election Law Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Jared Evans, Pro Hac Vice, Sara Sara Rohani, Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, Sarah E. Brannon, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Edwin Rene Soule, Alice Washington, Ambrose Sims.

Colin Burke, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Pro Hac Vice, Victoria Wenger, Pro Hac Vice, Kathryn O. Sadasivan, Pro Hac Vice, Stuart C. Naifeh, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Adam Savitt, Pro Hac Vice, Amitav Chakraborty, Pro Hac Vice, Arielle B. McTootle, Pro Hac Vice, Briana Sheridan, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Sinnreich, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Hurwitz, Pro Hac Vice, Robert A. Atkins, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Z. Klein, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. O'Loughlin, Pro Hac Vice, Yahonnes Cleary, Pro Hac Vice, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Sophia Lin Lakin, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, New York, NY, John N. Adcock, Adcock Law LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nora Ahmed, Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Legros, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Tracie L. Washington, Tracie L. Washington, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Daniel J. Hessel, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany Alora Thomas, Pro Hac Vice, Harvard Law School Election Law Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Sarah E. Brannon, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Louisiana State Conference.

Michael W. Mengis, Baker & Hostetler, Houston, TX, Efrem Mark Braden, Pro Hac Vice, Richard B. Raile, Pro Hac Vice, Katherine L. McKnight, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC, Erika Dackin Prouty, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. Tucker, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Columbus, OH, Patrick T. Lewis, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Intervenor Defendant Clay Schexnayder.

Michael W. Mengis, Baker & Hostetler, Houston, TX, Efrem Mark Braden, Pro Hac Vice, Richard B. Raile, Pro Hac Vice, Katherine L. McKnight, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC, Qizhou Ge, Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, Erika Dackin Prouty, Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. Tucker, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Columbus, OH, Patrick T. Lewis, Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Intervenor Defendant Patrick Page Cortez.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Amanda Marie LaGroue, Carey T. Jones, Morgan Brungard, Office of the Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Just, Baton Rouge, LA, Angelique Duhon Freel, Jeffrey Michael Wale, State of Louisiana Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge, LA, Brennan Bowen, Pro Hac Vice, Phoenix, AZ, Dallin B. Holt, Pro Hac Vice, Phillip Michael Gordon, Pro Hac Vice, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC, Haymarket, VA, Jason Brett Torchinsky, Pro Hac Vice, Holtzman Vogel PLLC Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Landry, Broussard, LA, Shae McPhee, Louisiana Department of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor Defendant State of Louisiana-Attorney General Jeff Landry.

Michael W. Mengis, Baker & Hostetler, Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendants Phillip DeVillier, Cameron Henry.

Alex S. Trepp, Pro Hac Vice, Sam Hirsch, Pro Hac Vice, Andrew J. Plague, Pro Hac Vice, Jessica Ring Amunson, Pro Hac Vice, Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC, Judy Y. Barrasso, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Keri L. Holleb Hotaling, Pro Hac Vice, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago IL, Viviana Helen Aldous, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Michael Mislove, Lisa J. Fauci, Robert Lipton, Nicholas Mattei.


RULING

This matter comes before the Court on the Motion to Dismiss1 filed by Intervenor-Defendant, the State of Louisiana (the "State"), and Nancy Landry, in her official capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State (collectively, the "Defendants...

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