Legal Opinion
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Blackwell
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 10, 2006No. 3:05CV7309PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARR, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs League of Women Voters, ei al. (LWV) brought this action against defendants J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State of Ohio, and Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. LWV alleges Secretary Blackwell and Governor Taft administer a voting process which systematically impairs Ohio citizens’ voting rights. Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
Pending is defendants’ motion to dismiss on the basis of sovereign immunity. For the reasons that follow, that motion shall be denied.
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