Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Franken v. Olmsted County
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: December 16, 2008 / December 18, 2008
State: Minnesota
Issues: Recount Procedures, 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- Coleman Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 12/16/08) (withdrawn at hearing)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
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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