Legal Opinion
Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 10, 2018No. 2:15–cv–02193–LSCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. Scott Coogler, United States District Judge *1256MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
I. INTRODUCTION
This case addresses the voting rights claims of Plaintiffs Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("the Alabama NAACP"), Giovana Ambrosio, Shameka Harris, and Elizabeth Ware, against John Merrill in his official capacity as Alabama's Secretary of State ("Secretary Merrill"). In this action, Plaintiffs challenge Alabama's Photo Voter Identification Law, House Bill 19 of 2011, codified at Ala. Code § 17-9-30 (1975) ("the Photo…
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