Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Nelson v. Dean
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: October 4, 2007 / December 24, 2007
State: Florida
Issue: Primary Election Dates
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida (Case 4:07-cv-00427)
Issue:
Whether the Democratic National Committee violated the Voting Rights Act and the the U.S. Constitution by taking away Florida's votes in the national presidential nominating convention, as a result of the State moving its primary election up to January 29, 2008.
Status:
Complaint filed 10/4/07. Motion to Dismiss granted on 12/14/07.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
, Exhibits A-B (filed 10/4/07) - FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (filed 10/26/07)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof (filed 10/30/07)
- STATEMENT OF FACTS Re: MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof
(filed 10/30/07)
- ORDER SETTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROCEDURES (entered 11/1/07)
- MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/1/07)
- First MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment (filed 11/5/07)
- STATEMENT OF FACTS AS TO WHICH THERE IS NO GENUINE ISSUE TO BE TRIED (filed 11/5/07)
- RESPONSE in Opposition re MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof (filed 11/16/07)
- RESPONSE to Motion re MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/16/07)
- RESPONSE to Motion re MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof (filed 11/16/07)
- RESPONSE to Motion re First MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment (filed 11/19/07)
- MEMORANDUM in Opposition re First MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment (filed 11/19/07)
- RESPONSE re Statement of Facts (filed 11/19/07)
- REPLY to Response to Motion re MOTION for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof (filed 11/26/07)
- ORDER granting Motion for Summary Judgment; granting Motion to Dismiss; denying Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (entered 12/14/07)
- CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered pursuant to Order Order Granting Defendants' Motions To Dismiss and For Summary Judgment (entered 12/17/07)
- ORDER FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF SECRETARY OF STATE (entered 12/23/07)
- CLERK'S JUDGMENT, All remaining claims in this action are dismissed with prejudice (entered 12/24/07)
Related Links
- Florida Primary Election Conflict Headed to Court, CQ Politics (10/4/07)
Commentary
A Poster Child for Dysfunctional Districting
Daniel P. Tokaji
Fifty years ago next month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr (1962), inaugurating the “reapportionment revolution” which led to the redrawing of legislative districts across the country. This milestone provides the opportunity to reflect not only on what has been accomplished, but also on what still needs to be done.
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