Michele Sumara News and Victories
VOTER ID CASE UPDATE
November 06, 2012
The Injunction of Wisconsin’s Photo ID law will remain in effect for the November 6th election. Plaintiffs’ brief, filed on November 5th with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Dist. II, to affirm Judge Flanagan’s Permanent Injunction may be found here. ... more->>
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VOTER ID CASE UPDATE
October 01, 2012
On September 27, 2012, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued two Orders in the NAACP / Voces de la Frontera and League of Women Voters Voter ID cases. These Orders denied Attorney General Van Hollen’s motion to bypass the Courts of Appeals so that the Supreme Court could immediately consolidate the two cases for review and lift the injunctions currently in effect. Based on these Orders, it is ... more->>
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VOTER ID CASE UPDATE: JUDGE FLANAGAN DENIES ATTORNEY GENERAL’S MOTION TO STAY PERMANENT INJUNCTION
September 17, 2012
On September 14, 2012 Judge Flanagan issued an Order denying Attorney General Van Hollen’s Motion for a Stay of the Permanent Injunction issued on July 17. While Judge Flanagan’s denial of the request for a stay does not impair or otherwise affect the Attorney General’s Motion to Bypass the Court of Appeals and obtain a Stay from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the language in Judge Flanagan’s Order... more->>
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UPDATE ON VOTER ID CASE
September 05, 2012
On September 4, 2012, Attorneys Richard Saks and Michele Sumara filed pleadings on behalf of the NAACP/Voces Plaintiffs in the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Dane County Circuit Court. These pleadings opposed Attorney General Van Hollen’s extraordinary procedural request to Bypass the Court of Appeals and that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grant immediate review of the Decision and Order of Judge ... more->>
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JUDGE ISSUES PERMANENT INJUNCTION BARRING IMPLEMENTATION OF PHOTO ID LAW
July 18, 2012
On July 17, 2012, Judge Flanagan issued a permanent injunction in the NAACP/Voces photo ID litigation. The decision is a solid victory on virtually every single important issue in the case. Judge Flanagan found that the organizational plaintiffs had standing to pursue this case. Judge Flanagan also found that the detailed burdens encountered by the individual plaintiffs and affiants were ... more->>
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VOTER ID CASE UPDATE: POST-TRIAL BRIEF FILED - DECISION ANTICIPATED IN JUNE
May 17, 2012
The NAACP and Voces de la Frontera have now filed their post-trial brief. The brief follows a bench trial on April 16-19, heard by Judge Flanagan. Because the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have declined to accept the state’s appeal before Judge Flanagan issues a final decision, the temporary injunction will remain in place through the June 5 recall election, along with Judge Niess’ permanent... more->>
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AN UPDATE ON THE NAACP VOTER RIGHTS CASE
April 26, 2012
On April 25th the District II Court of Appeals based in Waukesha denied Attorney General Van Hollen’s petition to stay Judge Flangan’s injunction of Photo ID for voting. The short decision is attached. The appeals court agreed with our position that it should not interfere with the temporary injunction but instead allow our case before Judge Flanagan to be concluded with a final decision, which ... more->>
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US FEDERAL COURT NIPS WALKER’S WINGS: JUDGE WILLIAM CONLEY STRIKES DOWN TWO ONEROUS PROVISIONS OF ACT 10
April 02, 2012
On Friday, March 30, 2012, Judge William Conley in the federal district court for the Western District of Wisconsin found significant parts of Act 10, Wisconsin’s radical reform of public employees’ right to engage in collective bargaining, unconstitutional:· The Court found the requirement for annual recertification votes in which 51% of the employees must vote every year to recertify - an ... more->>
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ATTORNEYS SAKS AND SUMARA ASSIST THE NAACP AND VOCES DE LA FRONTERA IN BLOCKING VOTER ID LAW
March 06, 2012
Dane County Circuit Court Judge David Flanagan recently issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the new photo identification law during upcoming elections. Judge Flanagan held that the Plaintiffs were very likely to prevail on the merits of their constitutional challenge of the law because "[t]he scope of the impairment has been shown to be serious, extremely broad and largely ... more->>
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JUDGE ADELMAN DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. AND THE STATE EQUAL RIGHTS DIVISION AND HUD
February 07, 2012
The Honorable Lynn Adelman recently dismissed a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin by two Wisconsin landlords who had been sued for discrimination by a client of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc. (MMFHC). The landlords also named as defendants the bona fide home seeker, two Wisconsin assistant attorneys general, two state ... more->>
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