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State ex rel. Skaggs v. Brunner
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: November 13, 2008 / December 5, 2008
State: Ohio
Issue: Provisional Ballots
Courts that Heard this Case: Ohio Supreme Court (Case 2008-2206); U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Case 2:08-cv-1077); U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Case 08-4585)
Status:
Case decided by Ohio Supreme Court on 12/5/08.
Ohio Supreme Court Documents
- Complaint in mandamus
(filed 11/13/08) - Affidavit of Matthew M. Damschroder (filed 11/13/08)
- Motion to expedite consideration (filed 11/13/08)
- Motion for temporary injunctive relief (filed 11/13/08)
- Copy of notice of removal to federal court of Secretary of Sate Jennifer Brunner (filed 11/14/08)
- Request for extraordinary procedural arrangement to protect jurisdiction to adjudicate merits issues (filed 11/14/08)
- DECISION (entered 11/14/08)
- Notice of denial of motion to remand (filed 11/17/08)
- Respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's notice of order of United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (filed 11/17/08)
- Briefing Entry (entered 11/25/08)
- Motion for leave to intervene of Ohio Democratic Party (filed 11/26/08)
- Entry Granted for permissive intervention pursuant to Ohio Civ.R. 24(B)(2) (entered 11/26/08)
- Answer of intervening respondent Ohio Democratic Party (filed 11/26/08)
- Respondent's merit brief of Franklin County Board of Elections (filed 12/1/08)
- Relator's merit brief (filed 12/1/08)
- Relator's Appendix of Evidence (filed 12/1/08)
- Brief of amici curiae ACLU of Ohio, et al. (filed 12/1/08)
- Intervenor's merit brief of Ohio Democratic Party (filed 12/1/08)
- Evidence of Franklin County Board of Elections (filed 12/1/08)
- Answer of respondent Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (filed 12/1/08)
- Respondent's merit brief of Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (filed 12/1/08)
- Evidence of Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (filed 12/1/08)
- Entry and Writ of Mandamus (filed 12/5/08)
- Opinion (filed 12/5/08)
Court of Appeals Documents
- EMERGENCY MOTION OF RELATORS/APPELLANTS FOR AN
ORDER PURSUANT TO APPELLATE RULE 8
FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PENDING APPEAL (filed 11/20/08)
- Brief of Appellants (filed 11/20/08)
- Appeal Addendum (filed 11/20/08)
- Notice of Injunction (filed 11/20/08)
- Briefing order (filed 11/21/08)
- Motion to Expedite Consideration (filed 11/21/08)
- BRIEF OF APPELLEES FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS (filed 11/21/08)
- BRIEF OF PROPOSED INTERVENOR-APPELLEE
THE NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS (filed 11/21/08)
- MOTION to file AMICUS BRIEF by Ohio Democratic Party (filed 11/23/08)
- MOTION to file AMICUS BRIEF by ACLU (filed 11/23/08)
- Brief of Appellee Jennifer Brunner (filed 11/24/08)
- Reply Brief of Appellants (filed 11/25/08)
- Decision (entered 11/25/08)
U.S. District Court Documents
- NOTICE OF REMOVAL (filed 11/14/08)
- [State court documents are available below]
- MOTION to Consolidate Cases by Defendant Jennifer L. Brunner (filed 11/14/08)
- Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Removal (filed 11/14/08)
- ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Algenon L. Marbley for all further proceedings. Gregory L Frost no longer assigned to case (entered 11/14/08)
- MOTION to Remand (filed 11/14/08)
- Exhibit Notice of Appearance
- MOTION to Remand CASE TO THE OHIO SUPREME COURT (filed 11/14/08)
- Exhibit A- Notice of Appearance
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 11/14/08)
- Notice of Filing in the Ohio Supreme Court (filed 11/14/08)
- Motion to Realign Parties (filed 11/14/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION Realign parties filed by Defendant The Board of Elections of Franklin County (filed 11/15/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION Realign parties filed by Plaintiff The State of Ohio ex rel. Dana Skaggs (filed 11/16/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by Intervenor Ohio Democratic Party (filed 11/16/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 11/16/08)
- ORDER denying Motion to Remand (entered 11/17/08)
- Oral order given during 11/17/2008 hearing in the matter granting Motion to realign parties, no written opinion to follow (entered 11/17/08)
- Joint MOTION to Intervene by Intervenor Ohio Democratic Party and NEOCH (filed 11/17/08)
- ORDER: Case number 2:08-cv-1086 and this case are not related cases (entered 11/17/08)
- STIPULATION of Facts (filed 11/18/08)
- MOTION for Leave to File Brief in Opposition to Motion for TRO Amicus Parties ACLU of Ohio, et al. (filed 11/18/08)
- Amended MOTION for Leave to File Brief in Opposition to Motion for TRO Amicus Parties ACLU of Ohio, et al. (filed 11/18/08)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment by Defendant Jennifer L. Brunner (filed 11/18/08)
- NOTICE of Withdrawal of Motion to Consolidate (filed 11/18/08)
- Joint Answer by Intervenor Ohio Democratic Party, et al. (filed 11/18/08)
- MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment by Defendant The Board of Elections of Franklin County (filed 11/18/08)
- Amended MOTION to Intervene of NEOCH and ODP (filed 11/18/08)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment by Plaintiffs (filed 11/18/08)
- Joint MOTION for Summary Judgment by Intervenor Ohio Democratic Party, et al. (filed 11/18/08)
- ORDER granting Secretary's Motion for Summary Judgment and denying Plaintiffs'
and FCBE's Motions for Summary Judgment. (filed 11/20/08)
- Notice of Appeal (filed 11/20/08)
- NOTICE by Plaintiffs The State of Ohio ex rel. Dana Skaggs, Kyle Fannon OF FILING OF AFFIDAVITS (filed 11/20/08)
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