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League of Women Voters of Mich. v. Benson

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided April 25, 2019No. 2:17-cv-14148PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClay, Circuit Judge

The League of Women Voters of Michigan ("League"), numerous League members ("League Plaintiffs"), and several Democratic voters ("Individual Plaintiffs") bring suit against Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Secretary of State in her official capacity, under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, alleging that Michigan's current legislative apportionment plan (the "Enacted Plan"), which the state legislature implemented as Michigan Public Acts 128 and 129 of 2011, violates Plaintiffs' Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights and First Amendment free speech and association rights by deliberately…

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