No. 18-76

Tracey E. George, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 declaratory-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-action section-1983 state-actors
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether state actor defendants may defend and foreclose a federal action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by suing civil rights plaintiffs in a subsequently-filed state court declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking to declare the state actors' actions lawful.

(2) Whether state actors' administering an election in a manner that is not neutral to that election's outcome violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process clauses.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state actor defendants may defend and foreclose a federal action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by suing civil-rights plaintiffs in a subsequently-filed state court declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking to declare the state actors' actions lawful

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-13
Waiver of right of respondents William Edward "Bill" Haslam, et al. to respond filed.
2018-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 15, 2018)
2018-05-21
Application (17A1284) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 13, 2018.
2018-05-18
Application (17A1284) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 29, 2018 to July 13, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Tracey E. George, et al.
William L. HarbisonSherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC, Petitioner
William Edward "Bill" Haslam, et al.
Sarah Keeton CampbellSpecial Assistant to the Solicitor General and the Attorney General, Respondent