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Franken v. Olmsted County
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: December 16, 2008 / December 18, 2008
State: Minnesota
Issues: Recount Resources, Absentee Ballots, MN Senate race 2008
Courts that Heard this Case: District Court, Third Judicial District, Olmsted County (Case 55-CV-08-11879)
Trial Court Documents
- APPLICATION FOR CORRECTION OF OBVIOUS ERRORS IN 2008 UNITED STATES SENATE ELECTION
(filed 12/16/08) - Memorandum in Support of Application (filed 12/16/08)
- Affidavit of Steven Z. Kaplan (filed 12/16/08)
- Certificate of Representation (filed 12/16/08)
- Request for Expedited Hearing (filed 12/16/08)
- Coleman Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 12/16/08) (withdrawn at hearing)
- Hearing held 2:30pm on 12/16
- Order (entered 12/18/08)
Commentary
Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.
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