Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Coleman v. Ritchie
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: December 13, 2008 / January 5, 2009
State: Minnesota
Issues: Recount Resources, Absentee Ballots, MN Senate race 2008
Courts that Heard this Case: Minnesota Supreme Court (Case A082169)
Issue:
The case involves the guidelines to be used for the counting of absentee ballots in the closely contested election recount.
Status:
Oral argument in the case is being held today (12/17).
Minnesota Supreme Court Documents
- Petition for order to show cause pursuant to MS 204B.44 (filed 12/15/08)
- Amended Petition for order to show cause pursuant to MS 204B.44
(filed 12/15/08) - Motion - For emergency temporary restraining order or temporary injunction (filed 12/15/08)
- Order (entered 12/15/08)
- Motion - Intervene for Al Franken (filed 12/15/08)
- Affidavit of James K. Langdon in support of Petitioners Motion for emergency temporary restraining order or temporary injunction (filed 12/15/08)
- State Respondents' Memorandum in Response to Amended Petition (filed 12/16/08)
- Response of Hennepin County Canvassing Board (filed 12/16/08)
- Brief of Al Franken (filed 12/16/08)
- Order - Grant motion to intervene for Al Franken (filed 12/16/08)
- Second Affidavit of James K. Langdon (filed 12/16/08)
- Affidavit of Cullen Sheehan (filed 12/16/08)
- Proposed Interim Order (filed 12/16/08)
- Proposed Order (filed 12/16/08)
- Reply Memorandum in Support of Amended Petition (filed 12/16/08)
- Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief by Lawyers Democracy Fund (filed 12/16/08) [denied 12/17/08]
- Webcast of Oral Arguments (12-17-08) (via Minnesota Courts web site)
- Order (entered 12/18/08)
- Joint Motion for Clarification by Hennepin County Canvassing Board (filed 12/23/08)
- Affidavit of Patrick Diamond (filed 12/23/08)
- Order (entered 12/24/08)
- Second Affidavit of Patrick Diamond (filed 12/26/08)
- Affidavit of Tony P. Trimble (filed 12/31/08)
- Affidavit of Kristin Fuzer (filed 12/31/08)
- Affidavit of Frederic Knaak (filed 12/31/08)
- Proposed Order - Motion for Emergency Order (filed 12/31/08)
- Motion for Emergency Order (filed 12/31/08)
- ORDER (entered 1/2/09)
- Response of Hennepin County Auditor (filed 1/2/09)
- Affidavit of Jill Alverson (filed 1/2/09)
- Jill Alverson Affidavit Exhibit (filed 1/2/09)
- Affidavit of Stearns County Election Director
(filed 1/3/09)
- Affidavit of James R. Gelbmann (filed 1/3/09)
- Affidavit of James K. Langdon (filed 1/3/09)
- Memorandum of Secretary of State (filed 1/3/09)
- Rice County Response (filed 1/3/09)
- Ramsey County Response
(filed 1/3/09)
- Pipestone County Response
(filed 1/3/09)
- Anoka County Response (filed 1/3/09)
- Memorandum of Al Franken (filed 1/3/09)
- Proposed Order - Franken (filed 1/3/09)
- Affidavit of Kevin J. Hamilton (filed 1/3/09)
- Affidavit of Rachel Smith
(filed 1/3/09)
- Order (entered 1/5/09)
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