e-Journal Summary

e-Journal Number : 64264
Opinion Date : 12/21/2016
e-Journal Date : 01/03/2017
Court : U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
Case Name : Crookston v. Johnson
Practice Area(s) : Election Law
Judge(s) : Per Curiam – Cole, Guy, and Sutton
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Issues:

Reversal of the district court’s order granting the plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the State of Michigan from enforcing a ban on “ballot selfies”

Summary

[This appeal was from the WD-MI.] In an order, the court reversed the district court’s order granting the plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the State of Michigan from enforcing a ban on ballot exposure and photography at the polls against voters who take “ballot selfies.” The court stayed the injunction before the 2016 election. The parties “agree that summary reversal of the preliminary injunction is appropriate in light of [the] stay and the merits proceedings in the district court.” The court already considered the arguments regarding the plaintiff’s likelihood of success when it issued the stay, and full briefing would be unlikely to alter its determination.

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