HOWELL v. McAULIFFE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Cooper ( Michael W. Kirk , Arlington; David H. Thompson ; William C. Marra ; Haley N. Proctor ; Cooper & Kirk, on brief), for appellant.

Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Trevor S. Cox , Deputy Solicitor General; Matthew R. McGuire , Assistant Attorney General; Anna T. Birkenheier , Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Amici Curiae: Robert N. Tracci ; Edward Stein , Norfolk; W. Lyle Carver ; Darrel W. Puckett , Appomattox; Theophani K. Stamos , Arlington; Joel R. Branscom ; Paul A. McAndrews ; William W. Davenport , Chesterfield; Paul Walther , Culpeper; Ann Cabell Baskervill ; Raymond F. Morrogh , Fairfax; James P. Fisher ; Eric Branscom ; Jeff Haislip ; Allen `A.J.' W. Dudley, Jr. , Rocky Mount ; Ross P. Spicer ; Tracy Quackenbush Martin ; R.E. `Trip' Chalkley, III ; M. Andrew Nester ; James E. Plowman , Leesburg; Rusty E. McGuire ; Theresa J. `Terry' Royall ; Diana Wheeler O'Connell ; Stephanie Brinegar Vipperman ; Robert Bryan Haskins ; Paul B. Ebert , Manassas; Christopher Billias ; Marsha L. Garst , Harrisonburg; Marcus McClung ; Travis D. Bird ; Derek A. Davis ; Julia H. Sichol ; C.H. `Chuck' Slemp, III ; Benjamin M. Hahn , Poquoson; Christopher B. Russell ; Nancy G. Parr , Chesapeake; William B. Bray ; LaBravia J. Jenkins , Fredericksburg; H. Clay Gravely, IV , Danville; Donald Caldwell , Roanoke; Thomas E. Bowers ; Colin D. Stolle , Virginia Beach; David L. Ledbetter ( James E. Plowman , Leesburg, on brief), in support of petitioners.

Amici Curiae: Andrew P. Miller ; James S. Gilmore, III ; Kenneth T. `Ken' Cuccinelli, II , Richmond, ( William S. Consovoy ; Bryan K. Weir ; Consovoy McArthur Park, on brief), in support of petitioners.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia State Conference of the NAACP ( David O. Prince ; Allison J. Riggs , on brief), in support of respondents.

Amici Curiae: ACLU and ACLU of Virginia ( Hope R. Amezquita ; Dale E. Ho ; Julie A. Ebenstein , on brief), in support of respondents.

Amici Curiae: David Green and Bridging the Gap in Virginia, Inc. ( Rodney F. Page ; Kristen Clarke ; Ezra D. Rosenberg ; Bryan Cave, on brief), in support of respondents.

Amicus Curiae: Fair Elections Legal Network ( Jon Sherman ; Jan A. Larson ; Jessica Ring Amunson ; Mark P. Gaber ; Jenner & Block, on brief), in support of respondents.

Amici Curiae: A.E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville; Daniel R. Ortiz ; Carl W. Tobias ; John Paul Jones ( Alexander B. Bowerman ; N. Thomas Connally III ; Hogan Lovells, McLean, on brief), in support of respondents.

Amici Curiae: Anton A. Bell , Portsmouth; Michael N. Herring , Shannon L. Taylor , Richmond; Stephanie N. Morales ; Gergory D. Underwood ; Bryan L. Porter ( Frank K. Friedman ; Erin B. Ashwell ; Woods Rogers, Roanoke, on brief), in support of respondents.

PRESENT: All the Justices.