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Banfield v. Cortes
Case Information
Date Filed: August 15, 2006
State: Pennsylvania
Issue: Voting Technology
Current Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (Case No. 442 MD 2006)
Issue:
Whether Pennsylvania’s use of DREs (direct recording electronic voting machines) violates Pennsylvania or federal law; whether the Secretary of the Commonwealth is required to re-examine the electronic voting system at request of electors.
Status:
Motions for Summary Judgment filed 8/8/11 by both Petitioner and Respondent.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Documents
- Petition for Permission to Appeal (filed 5/10/07) [Not available]
- Brief in Opposition (filed 5/24/07) [Not available]
- Order Denying Permission to Appeal
(filed 12/16/07)
Commonwealth Court Documents
- Petition for Review
(filed 8/15/06)
- Opinion
(entered 4/12/07) - Application for Stay and Supersedeas of Proceedings
(filed 4/20/07) - Application to Amend the 4/12/07 Order to Allow Interlocutory Appeal by Respondent
(filed 4/20/07) - Petitioners' Opposition to Respondents' Application for Relief
(filed 4/27/07) - Order Granting Application to Amend
(entered 4/30/07) - Application for Stay of proceedings pending appeal of this Courts 4/12/2007 Order
(filed 5/8/07) - Application for Relief from Paragraph 4 of this Court's April 30, 2007 Order
( filed 5/10/07) - Order Granting Application for Stay
(entered 5/11/07) - Motion to Dissolve Voluntary Stay of Proceedings and for an Expedited Hearing
and Memorandum of Law
(filed 1/25/08) - Petition for Preliminary Injunction
and Memorandum of Law
(filed 1/25/08) - Answer to Application for Relief (filed 1/30/08)
- Memorandum of Law Filed in Opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Dissolve Stay of Proceedings (1/30/08)
- Petitioner's Reply Brief Filed in further support of their motion to dissolve the stay of proceedings (1/31/08)
- Application to Strike and Memorandum in Support
(2/6/08) - Motion for Pre-hearing summary denial of preliminary injunction and Memorandum in Support
(2/6/08) - Answer to Petition for Preliminary Injunction
(2/6/08) - Order Regarding Petition for Preliminary Injunction Other Disposition
(2/8/08) - Motion to Dissolve Voluntary Stay of Proceedings and to set a Discovery and Trial Schedule
(2/22/08) - Memorandum of Law in opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Dissolve Stay of Proceedings
(3/7/08) - Answer to Petitioners' Motion to Dissolve Stay of Proceedings
(3/7/08) - Argument Scheduled: 4/1/08 (3/10/08)
- Petitioner's Reply Brief
(filed 3/14/08) - Order Denying Application for Relief: The motion to dissolve voluntary stay is DENIED
(entered 4/4/08) - Answer and New Matter (filed 1/15/09)
- Answer to New Matter (filed 2/25/09)
- Application for Relief (filed 4/8/09)
- Order granting Application for Relief (filed 4/13/09)
- Petitioners' Motion for Permanent Judge
(filed 10/02/09) - PA's Memorandum in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoena and for Protective Order
(filed 10/2/09) - Petitioners' Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Quash
(filed 10/2/09) - Answer to Motion to Quash (filed 11/20/09)
- Petitioner's Brief (filed 11/30/09)
- Order Granting Request to Intervene
(entered 12/15/09) - Notice of Appeal to PA Supreme Court (filed 12/28/09)
- Second Amended Pre-Trial Order (filed 5/11/10)
- Third Amended Pre-Trial Order (filed 5/27/10)
- Petitioner's Brief Filed (filed 7/15/11)
- Motion to Compel Production of Documents (filed 7/28/11)
- Motions for Summary Judgment for both Petitioners and Respondents (filed 8/8/11)
- Argument and Briefing Schedule
(entered 8/17/11) - Petitioners' Memorandum in Support of Summary Judgment Motion
(filed 9/15/11) - Notice of Argument
(filed 10/12/11) - Respondent's Memorandum in Opposition to Petitioner's Summary Judgment Motion
(filed 10/14/11) - Petitioner's Reply to Respondent's Memorandum
(filed 11/2/11)
Related Links
- Counties with Electronic Voting Machines Affected by Lawsuit
, VoterAction.org
Related News Articles
- PA Court Issues Ruling in Voting Machine Case (April 13, 2007)
- Court Recognizes Pennsylvania Voters’ Right to Reliable, Secure Voting Machines
, Drinker Biddle Press Release, April 12, 2007




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