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ACLU v. Schultz

Case Information

Date Filed: August 8, 2012
State: Iowa
Issue: Voter Registration
Courts that Heard this Case: District Court of State of Iowa, Polk County (Case CV009311); Iowa Supreme Court (Case 14-0585)

Issue:

Whether voter registration administrative rules were adopted in violation of Iowa law and whether voter registration rules exceeded the statutory authority of Iowa Secretary of State.

Status:

Petition  for Judicial Review of Agency Action  filed 8/8.12. Ordering granting Petitioner's Motion for Review and Judgment on the Merits and enjoining Secretary of State from enforcing administrative rules filed 3/5/14. Final briefs of appellant, appellees, and amici curiae filed in Iowa Supreme Court 10/20/14. Voluntary dismissal of appeal filed 3/12/15.

 

Iowa Supreme Court Documents

• Final Brief of Appellant (filed 10/20/14)
• Final Brief of Appellee (filed 10/20/14)
• Final Brief of Amicus Curiae, Project Vote (filed 10/20/14)
• Final Brief of Amici Curiae, Voting Organizations (filed 10/20/14)
• Voluntary Dismissal (filed 3/12/15)

District Court Documents

• Administrative Appeal to District Court (filed 8/8/12)
• First Amended Petition for Judicial Review of Agency Action (filed 8/8/12)
• Brief in Support of Petition for Judicial Review of Agency Action (filed 8/10/12)
• Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (filed 8/16/12)
  • Schultz Affidavit (filed 8/16/12)
• Respondent's Resistance to Motion for Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 8/16/12)
  • Brief in Support
• Motion to Intervene as Defendants (filed 8/22/12)
  • Brief in Support
• Intervenor-Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (filed 8/22/12)
  • Brief in Support
• Intervenor-Defendants' Opposition to Motion for Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 8/22/12)
• Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (filed 8/24/12)
  • Exhibit List (filed 8/24/12)
• Petitioner's Reply in Support of Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 8/24/12)
• Petitioner's Supplemental Exhibits in Support of Resistance to Motion to Dismiss and for Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 8/28/12)
• Petitioner's Resistance to Motion to Intervene (filed 8/31/12)
• Petitioner's Opposition to Intervenor-Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (filed 8/31/12)
• Petitioner's Motion for Expedited Hearing (filed 8/31/12)
• Order Denying Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/11/12)
• Intervenor-Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (filed 9/13/12)
• Order Granting Petitioner's Motion for Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 9/13/12)
• Respondent's Answer to Amended Petition for Judicial Review (filed 9/24/12)
• Respondent's Motion to Quash Subpoena (filed 9/28/12)
• Respondent's Motion for Protective Order and Expedited Hearing (filed 9/28/12)
• Petitioner's Motion to Compel Production (filed 10/5/12)
• Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Squash and Mostion for Protective Order (filed 10/5/12)
• Opposition to Motion to Compel (filed 10/23/12)
• Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/24/12)
• Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/30/12)
• Petitioner's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 11/30/12)
• Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment and Request for Stay (filed 12/12/12)
• Petitioner's Supplementary Brief on the Issue of Mootness and Respondent's Amended Notice of Intended Action (filed 12/18/12)
• Petitioner's Response to Respondent's Request to Stay Adjudication (filed 1/14/13)
• Order Granting Respondent's Request for Stay (1/17/13)
• Petitioner's Second Amended Petition for Judicial Review of Agency Action (filed 3/29/13)
• Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Amend Petition for Judicial Review (filed 3/29/13)
• Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Petition for Judicial Review (filed 4/9/13)
• Order Granting Petitioner Leave to Amend Petition for Judicial Review (filed 4/17/13)
• Petitioner's Resistance to Motion to Dismiss (filed 4/18/13)
• Motion for Continuance (filed 4/30/13)
• Order for Continuance (filed 5/8/13)
• Petitioner's Motion to Modify Case Schedule (filed 5/29/13)
• Order Modifying Case Schedule (filed 5/30/13)
• Petitioner's Motion for Review on the Merits or Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 8/26/13)
  • Appendix of Exhibits (filed 8/26/13)
  • Statement of Undisputed Facts (filed 8/26/13)
  • Brief in Support (filed 8/26/14)
• Opposition to Motion to Review on Merits and Motion to Strike Appendix (filed 9/5/13)
• Petitioner's Brief in Support of Motion for Review on Merits and for Temporary Injunctive Relief (filed 9/17/13)
• Order denying Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/21/13)
• Respondent's Answer to Second Amended Petition for Judicial Review of Agency Action (filed 10/1/13)
• Petitioner's Notice of Serving Discovery (filed 10/7/13)
• Order Concerning Maintenance of Exhibits (filed 10/23/13)
• Respondent's Objection to Discovery Requests and Request to Hold all Discovery Deadlines in Abeyance (filed 10/23/13)
• Order denying Petitioner's Motion for Summary Judgment and granting Petitioner's Motion for Temporary Injunction (filed 11/12/13)
• Petitioner's Reply to Respondent's Discovery Objections (filed 11/15/13)
• Brief in support of Petitioner's Resistance to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (filed 11/22/13)
• Respondent's Reply to Objection to Requests for Discovery (filed 11/22/13)
• Motion for Continuance (filed 12/9/13)
• Motion for Reconsideration of Review on the Merits (filed 12/9/13)
• Respondent's Brief on Judicial Review (filed 2/17/14)
• Petitioner's Reply Brief in support of its Motion for Review on the Merits (filed 2/27/14)
• Order for Judgment (filed 3/5/14)