Merrick B. Garland

• Little v. King

  District Court, District of Columbia · 2011-01-20 · cited 1×

  The case involves a challenge under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to an Alabama law requiring disclosure of campaign contributions to state judges and recusal in certain cases. Plaintiff Benjamin Little sought a declaratory judgment that the law needed federal preclearance and an injunction against enforcement by Alabama's Attorney General until precleared, naming both state and federal Attorneys General as defendants. The court dismissed the claim against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, finding him not a necessary party, and transferred the remaining case against Alabama's Attorney General to the Middle District of Alabama, determining that venue was improper in the District of Columbia.

  electionscivil rights

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