Last Updated: November 7, 2016 at 3:56 PM

Ohio Democratic Party v. Ohio Republican Party

Case Information

Date Filed: October 30, 2016
State: Ohio
Issue: Voter Intimidation
Courts that Heard this Case: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Case 1:16-cv-02645-JG); Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Case 16-4268); U.S. Supreme Court (Case )

Issue:

Whether the actions of the Ohio Republican Party, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Roger J. Stone, Jr., and Stop the Steal Inc., are violating the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act by intimidating minority voters. The plaintiffs request that the courts issue an order to stop "voter intimidation" and for Stone and Stop the Steal Inc. to stop certain activities such as exit polling.

Status:

Complaint filed 10/30/16. Opinion and Order granting TRO filed 11/4/16. Emergency Request to Stay District Court decision and request for initial en banc hearing filed 11/5/16. Sixth Circuit Order granting stay of District Court decision and denying request for initial en banc hearing filed 11/6/16. Emergency Application to Vacate Sixth Circuit Stay filed in U.S. Supreme Court 11/6/16. U.S. Supreme Court order denying emergency application filed 11/7/16. Case Dismissed 11/10/16.

 

District Court Documents

• Complaint  (filed 10/30/16)
• Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction  (filed 11/2/16)
• Motion to Dismiss  (filed 11/2/16)
• Answer of Defendant Ohio Republican Party (filed 11/2/16)
• Response and Memorandum in Support of Donald J. Trump for President Inc.  (filed 11/2/16)
• Declaration of Dawn L. Smalls  (filed 11/3/16)
• Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law in Support of Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction  (filed 11/3/16)
• Defendant Ohio Republican Party's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction  (filed 11/3/16)
• Declaration of David A. Pepper  (filed 11/3/16)
• Declaration of Chad A. Readler  (filed 11/3/16)
• Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant Ohio Republican Party's Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law (filed 11/3/16)
• Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.'s Response to Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction  (filed 11/4/16)
• Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order With Respect to Defendants Trump, Stone, and Stop the Steal  (filed 11/4/16)
  

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

• Emergency Request for Stay (filed 11/5/16)
• Request for Initial Hearing En Banc (filed 11/5/16)
• Response to Request for Initial Hearing En Banc (filed 11/6/16)
• Order Granting Stay (filed 11/6/16)
• Order Denying Request for Initial Hearing En Banc (filed 11/6/16)

U.S. Supreme Court Documents

• Emergency Application to Vacate Sixth Circuit Stay (filed 11/6/16)
• Order Denying Application (filed 11/7/16)