Last Updated: January 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Vanzant v. Brunner
Case Information
Date Filed: September 1, 2010
State: Ohio
Issue: Absentee Ballots
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Case 1:10-cv-00596-SJD)
Issue:
Whether Ohio's method of mailing and handling absentee ballots is unconstitutional because different counties follow different rules for desseminating and receiving completed ballots.
Status:
Preliminary Pretrial Conference reset for 1/11/2011. Preliminary Pretrial Order entered 1/11/11. Joint Response to Order to Show Cause filed 2/4/11. Joint Motion to Continue Trial Date filed 2/4/11. Stipulation of Dismissal filed 8/09/11.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 9/1/10)
- Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
(filed 9/1/10) - Response in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
(filed 9/13/10)
- Reply in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
(filed 9/15/10)
- Exhibit A
- Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
(entered 9/27/10) - Notice of Hearing: Preliminary Pretrial Conference set for 11/30/2010
(entered 9/29/10) - Joint Discovery Plan
(entered 10/29/10) - Answer
(filed 11/8/10) - Notice of Hearing
(entered 11/29/10) - Preliminary Pretrial Order
(entered 1/11/11) - Stipulation of Dismissal
(filed 8/09/11)


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