John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Appellants v. Evan Milligan, et al.
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21-1086
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- Baker & Hostetler
- Benbrook Law Group
- Boyden Gray
- Consovoy McCarthy
- Cooley LLP
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Dhillon Law Group
- Dickinson Wright
- Elias Law Group LLP
- Faegre Drinker
- Holtzman Vogel
- Holwell Shuster
- Jenner & Block
- Kramer Levin
- Maynard Nexsen
- Morrison Foerster
- Paul Weiss
- Relman Colfax
- Schulte Roth
- Sidley Austin
- Wallace Jordan
Companies
- American Bar Association
- American Legislative Exchange Council
- Campaign Legal Center
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
- National Congress of American Indians
- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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