No. 22O155 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

S

TATE OF

T

EXAS

,

 Plaintiff,

v. C

OMMONWEALTH OF

P

ENNSYLVANIA 

,

 

S

TATE OF

G

EORGIA 

, S

TATE OF

M

ICHIGAN

,

 AND

S

TATE OF

W

ISCONSIN

,

 Defendants.

 ___________________

On Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint

GEORGIA’S OPPOSITION TO TEXAS’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT AND ITS MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY RELIEF

Christopher M. Carr  Attorney General of Georgia  Andrew A. Pinson Solicitor General of Georgia

Counsel of Record

Ross W. Bergethon Deputy Solicitor General Drew F. Waldbeser  Assistant Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square SW  Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 458-3409 apinson@law.ga.gov

Counsel for the State of Georgia*

 

 

 Brian D. Boone Brandon C.E. Springer J. Stephen Tagert*  A 

LSTON

&

 

B

IRD

 LLP 101 S. Tryon Street #4000 Charlotte, NC 28280 (704) 444-1000 brian.boone@alston.com *

 Admitted to practice in New York only.

 Joseph H. Hunt  A 

LSTON

&

 

B

IRD

 LLP 950 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: 202-239-3300  jody.hunt@alston.com William H. Jordan Bryan W. Lutz Lee A. Deneen William J. Repko  A 

LSTON

&

 

B

IRD

 LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street  Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (404) 881-7000 bill.jordan@alston.com Erik S. Jaffe James A. Heilpern* Joshua J. Prince S

CHAERR

|J

 AFFE

 LLP 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 787-1060 ejaffe@schaerr-jaffe.com

*Admitted to practice in Virginia. Counsel for the State of Georgia

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .........................................................1 STATEMENT ................................................................2  ARGUMENT .................................................................7 CONCLUSION ............................................................ 31