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Taylor v. Martin County Canv. Bd. (CV-00-2850, SC00-2448)
This lawsuit was filed in state court by Florida voters. The suit alleges that the
Supervisor of Elections for Martin County allowed the Republican Party to remove absentee
ballot request forms from public offices and official supervision.
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December 12, 2000
- Opinion (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
December 11, 2000
- Defendant-Intervenors' Answer Brief (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Defendant-Intervenors' Answer Appendix (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Initial Brief of Appellants (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
December 8, 2000
- Briefing Schedule (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Order Certifying Case to Fl. Supreme Court (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Appellants' Suggestion to Certify (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Notice of Appeal (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Final Judgment for Defendants [PDF]
December 7, 2000
- Bush and Cheney Motion to Exclude Testimony of Plaintiffs' Expert Witness [PDF]
December 6, 2000
- Notice of Filing [PDF]
- Bush and Cheney Motion for Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Trial Brief of Bush and Cheney [PDF]
- Bush and Cheney Notice of Filing Supplementa and/or Rebuttal Deposition Excerpts [PDF]
- Defendant Martin County Canv. Bd. Trial Brief [PDF]
- Defendant Martin County Canv. Bd. Designation of Deposition Transcript [PDF]
- Defendant MArtin County Canv. Bd. Motion to Join in Co-Defendants Bush and Cheneys' Motion for Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Joint Pretrial Stipulation [PDF]
December 5, 2000
- Motion to Quash Subpoena for Trial and or Protective Order [PDF]
- Motion to Quash Subpoena for Trial and or Protective Order [PDF]
- Motion for Immediate Hearing and Order on Defendant's Motion to Quash [PDF]
- Defendants-Intervenors' Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss [PDF]
- Defendants-Intervenors' Motion to Strike, Dismiss, For Judgment on the Pleadings and/or For Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Bush and Cheney's Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Amended Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, or In The Alternative, for Judgment on the Pleadings [PDF]
December 4, 2000
- Defendant Martin County Canv. Bd.'s First Request for Admissions to Plaintiff [PDF]
- Presidential Elector, John E. Thrasher's, Amended Motion to Intervene [PDF]
- Motion for Pro Hac Vice Appearance - Edwards [PDF]
- Motion for Immediate Hearing on Motion to Intervene [PDF]
- Motion to Intervene [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Depositions [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Supplemental Witness Designation [PDF]
December 2, 2000
- Presidential Elector, John E. Thrasher's, Motion to Intervene [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Witness List [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Exhibit List [PDF]
December 1, 2000
- Notice of Appearance [PDF]
- Notice of Appearance - Labasky [PDF]
- Motion to Dismiss [PDF]
- Complaint [PDF]
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Jacobs v. Seminole County Canv. Bd. (CV-00-2816, 1D00-4686, 1D00-4717, and SC00-2447)
This lawsuit was filed in state court by Florida voters. The suit alleges that the
Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County gave the Republican Party unsupervised
access to allow the alteration of absentee ballot request forms.
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December 12, 2000
- Opinion (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
December 11, 2000
- Brief of Appellees Bush, Cheney, and Republican Party of Florida (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Brief of Appellees Seminole County Canv. Bd., et. al (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Brief of Appellant (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
December 8, 2000
- Briefing Schedule (Fl. Supreme Court) [PDF]
- Order Certifying to Fl. Supreme Court (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Appellants' Suggestion to Certify (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Notice of Appeal (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeal) [PDF]
- Final Order [PDF]
December 7, 2000
- Motion for Judgment of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney [PDF]
December 6, 2000
- Thrasher's Amicus Memorandum of Law on Inapplicability of Chapter 102, Florida Statutes [PDF]
December 5, 2000
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants Motions to Dismiss and for Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Deposition - Pike [PDF]
- Deposition - Altiero [PDF]
- Deposition - Buchans [PDF]
- Deposition - Ford [PDF]
- Supplemental Witness List [PDF]
- Brief Amici Curiea in Support of Defendants-Interveners [PDF]
- Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss [PDF]
- Deposition - Teneyck [PDF]
December 4, 2000
- Presidential Elector, John E. Thrasher's, Motion to be Joined as an Indispensable Party And, In The Alternative, Motion to Intervene [PDF]
- Motion to Strike Defendants' Notice of Jury Demand [PDF]
- Motion for Protective Order [PDF]
- Motion for Pro Hac Vice Appearance - Oster [PDF]
- Letter from Liberty Counsel [PDF]
- Defendants'-Intervenors' Answer to Complaint and Contest of Election [PDF]
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Strike Jury Demand [PDF]
- Answer and Affirmative Defenses of the Seminole County Canv. Bd.; et. al [PDF]
- Response to Plaintiff's Amended Request for Admissions on Behalf of Defendants, Seminole County Canv, Bd.; et. al [PDF]
- Motion to Strike [PDF]
- Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss [PDF]
- Memorandum of Facts and Law [PDF]
- Defendants' Harris and State of Florida Elect. Canv. Comm. Response to Plaintiff's Requests for Admission to Defendants [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion to Compel Inspection of Precinct Books and Rejected Absentee Ballot Request Forms [PDF]
- Notice of Request for Service by Facsimile [PDF]
- Motion for Protective Order [PDF]
- Supplemental Witness List of Defendants Bush and Cheney [PDF]
- Bush and Cheney Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, of In The Alternative, for Judgment on the Pleadings and Memorandum in Support [PDF]
December 3, 2000
- Notice of Filing Technical Corrections to Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss, Strike and for Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Motion for Pro Hac Vice Appearance - Edwards [PDF]
- Motion for Pro Hac Vice Appearance - Barrett [PDF]
- Verified Motion to Strike, Dismiss, or for Summary Judgment [PDF]
- Notice of Filing [PDF]
- Amended Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum [PDF]
December 2, 2000
- Documents Transferred from Seminole County - Part 3 [PDF]
- Documents Transferred from Seminole County - Part 2 [PDF]
- Documents Transferred from Seminole County - Part 1 [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Expert Witness Disclosure Regarding James Bradford DeLong, Ph.D. [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Expert Witness Disclosure Regarding Linda Hart [PDF]
- Supplemental Witness List of Defendants Bush and Cheney [PDF]
- Defendants-Intervenors' Answer to Complaint and Affirmative Defenses [PDF]
December 1, 2000
- Plaintiffs' Expert Witness Disclosure Regarding James C. Erlandson [PDF]
- Supplemental Witness List of Defendants Bush and Cheney [PDF]
- Order on Motion of Non-Party WFTV, INc. Channel 9 to Quash Subpoena [PDF]
November 30, 2000
- Witness List of Defendant-Intervenors [PDF]
- Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum for Deposition and for Protective Order [PDF]
- Witness List of Harris and Election Canv. Comm. [PDF]
- Witness List of Defendants Bush and Cheney [PDF]
- Witness List of Defendants, Seminole County Canv. Bd. and Goard [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Hall [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Westfield [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Livingston [PDF]
- Letter from Gerard Richman, Esq. [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Poe [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel and for Sanctions [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Alteri [PDF]
- Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum - Jacobs [PDF]
- Request for Oral Argument (1st Dist. Court of Appeals) [PDF]
- Emergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition (1st Dist. Court of Appeals) [PDF]
November 29, 2000
- Plaintiff's Witness Disclosure Pursuant to Court Order of Nov. 28, 2000 [PDF]
- Order Denying Motion to Disqualify [PDF]
- Bush and Cheney's and Republican Party of Florida Suggestion of Disqualification of Trial Judge [PDF]
- Opinion Denying Petition for Writ of Certiorari (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeals) [PDF]
- Order of the Court (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeals) [PDF]
- Emergency Petition for Writ of Certiorari (1st Dist. Ct. of Appeals) [PDF]
- Notice of Filing Corrected Motion to Transfer and Consolidate [PDF]
- Motion to Transfer and Consolidate [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Request for Production of Documents Pursuant to Court's Order on Emergency Motion for Status Conference [PDF]
- Amended Order on Emergency Motion for Status Conference (correcting case # only) [PDF]
- Motion to Intervene - Brock, et. al [PDF]
November 28, 2000
- Notice of Appearance [PDF]
- Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Status Conference [PDF]
November 27, 2000
- Complaint [PDF]
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Medina v. Florida Elections Canv. Bd.; Harris v. Florida Elections Canv. Bd.
These lawsuits challenged the exclusion of certain overseas absentee ballots.
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December 11, 2000
- Opinion [PDF]
December 9, 2000
- Order [PDF]
- Judgment [PDF]
- Judgment [PDF]
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Bush v. Hillsborough County Canv. Bd.
This lawsuit challenged the exclusion of certain overseas absentee ballots.
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December 8, 2000
- Declaratory Judgment [PDF]
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Fladell v. Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. (SC00-2373); Katz v. Fl. Elect. Canv. Bd. (SC00-2376); Gore v. Miami-Dade County Canv. Bd. (SC00-2370); etc. ...
This section includes documents filed with the Florida Supreme Court after it took these cases
to address the issue of whether a revote in Palm Beach is available under federal law.
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December 1, 2000
- Order Dismissing Fladdell and Katz [PDF]
- Order Dismissing Gore Petition Without Prejudice [PDF]
- Butler Certification by 1st Dist. Ct. [PDF]
- Katz Notice of Supplemental Authorities [PDF]
November 30, 2000
- Gore Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Other Writ, or Review of Trial Court Rulings [PDF]
- Roger's Motion to Proceed Without Formal Record [PDF]
- Roger's Notice of Filing Supplemental Appendix [PDF]
- Roger's Trial Court Complaint [PDF]
- Fladell Transcript [PDF]
- Katz Motion to Consolidate [PDF]
November 29, 2000
- Order Granting Pro Hac Vice - Chester [PDF]
- Amended Motion for Pro Hac Vice - Chester [PDF]
- Bush's Notice of Adopting Brief [PDF]
- Katz' Initial Brief or, In The Alternative, Petition for Writ of Mandamus [PDF]
- Notice of LePore's Intent to Rely on Filing In Related Case [PDF]
- Notice That Harris and Elections Canv. Commission Adopt Fladell Brief as Submission in Katz [PDF]
- Motion for Pro Hac Vice - Chester [PDF]
- Katz Order on Amici Curiae [PDF]
November 28, 2000
- Motion of People for the American Way for Reconsideration of Order Precluding Amicus Curiae Filings [PDF]
- Brief Amicus Curiae Suggesting, As A Possible Remedy, And Alternative to Ordering a New Election, A Statistical Adjustment of the Ballot Count [PDF]
- Notice of Waiver of Filing Brief on the Merits By Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. [PDF]
- Rogers's Brief or Petition for Writ of Mandamus [PDF]
- Rogers's Request for Expedited Briefing Schedule [PDF]
- Order on Katz Briefing Schedule [PDF]
- Order Denying Motion of Prof. Banzhaff [PDF]
- Rogers' Initial Brief or Petition for Writ of Mandamus [PDF]
- Order Granting Rogers' Motion to File Amended Brief [PDF]
- Rogers' Motion for Leave to File Amended Brief and Motion to Set Oral Argument [PDF]
- Brief of Petitioners/Appellants Fladell, et. al [PDF]
- Initial Brief of Harris, Roberts, et. al [PDF]
- Appellee Brief of Respondent George W. Bush [PDF]
- Order Denying Motion of People for the American Way [PDF]
- Brief Amicus Curiae of People for the American Way in Support of Appellants [PDF]
- Order Denying Amicus Curiae Filings [PDF]
November 27, 2000
- Order Setting Deadline for Briefs [PDF]
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Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. v. Harris (SC00-2346); Volusia County Canv. Bd. v. Harris (SC00-2348); and Fl. Dem. Party v. Harris (SC00-2349)
This section includes documents from the Florida Supreme Court decision to set a result
certification deadline of Sunday, November 26th. Bush filed an appeal
with the U.S. Supreme Court. After hearing oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court
vacated the decision of the Florida Supreme Court and remanded the case back for further proceedings.
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December 11, 2000
- Opinion (on remand) [PDF]
December 5, 2000
- Motion of Lois Frankel, Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives to Participate as Amicus Curiae and to File a Brief [PDF]
- Brief of Amici Curiae The Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate [PDF]
- Motion of Senator Tom Rossin, Minority Leader Florida Senate to Participate as Amicus Curiae and to File a Brief [PDF]
- Amended Supplemental Brief of Harris [PDF]
- Motion to File Amended Brief [PDF]
- Supplemental Brief of George W. Bush [PDF]
- Request for Briefing and Argument on Effect of U.S. Supreme Court Decision [PDF]
- Order Granting Participation of Florida Legislature [PDF]
- Supplemental Brief of Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. Following Remand From The Supreme Court of The United States [PDF]
- Notice of Matt Butler's Waiver of Right to File Supplemental Brief [PDF]
- Supplemental Brief of the Attorney General [PDF]
- Supplemental Brief of Harris [PDF]
- Appellants'/Petitioners' Brief on Remand [PDF]
November 22, 2000
- Bush Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court [PDF]
November 21, 2000
- Decision of the Florida Supreme Court [PDF]
- Unedited Transcript of Oral Argument [HTML]
- Broward County Response to Bush's Motion for Leave to File Response in Opposition to Reply Brief [PDF]
- Gore Response to Bush's Motion for Leave to File Response in Opposition to Reply Brief [PDF]
- Bush's Response in Opposition to Reply Brief [PDF]
- Bush's Motion for Leave to File Response in Opposition to Reply Brief [PDF]
- Order Striking Watt's Motion to File Friend of the Court Brief [PDF]
- Order Striking Bhushan's Friend of Court Memo [PDF]
- Order Striking Emergency Application and Motion to Intervene by The Libertarian Party [PDF]
- Order Granting Motion to Allow Demonstrative Exhibit of Petitioner's/Appellants [PDF]
- Order Granting Motions for Pro Hac Vice Appearances [PDF]
November 20, 2000
- Utrecht's Motion for Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Tribe's Motion for Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Pincus's Motion for Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Kleinfeld's Motion for Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Klain's Motion for Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Order on Pro Hac Vice [PDF]
- Gore's Motion to Allow Exhibit [PDF]
- Notice of Supplemental Authority [PDF]
- Gore's Notice of Filing Transcript [PDF]
November 19, 2000
- Order Granting Harris' Motion to Modify Oral Argument [PDF]
- Order Granting Harris' Motion to File Amended Brief [PDF]
- Order on Gore's Motion to Enlarge Brief [PDF]
- Reply Brief of the Attorney General [PDF]
- Broward County Supervisor of Elections Reply Brief [PDF]
- Petitioner Broward County Canv. Bd.'s Reply Brief [PDF]
- Answer Brief of Petitioners/Appellants Gore and Fl. Dem. Party [PDF]
- Motion to File Amended Brief [PDF]
- Amended Answer Brief of Secretary of State Harris [PDF]
- Response to Motion to Modify Oral Argument [PDF]
- Motion to Expand Reply by Petitioners/Appellants Gore and Fl. Dem. Party [PDF]
- Butler's Response to Motion to Modify Oral Argument [PDF]
- Answer Brief of Secretary of State Harris [PDF]
- Answer Brief of Intervenor Bush [PDF]
- Answer Brief of Respondent Butler [PDF]
- Motion to Modify Oral Arguments [PDF]
November 18, 2000
- Order Realigning Parties [PDF]
- Joint Brief of Petitioners/Appellants Al Gore and Fl. Dem. Party [PDF]
- Motion to Realign Parties in Case No. SC00-2346 [PDF]
- Notice of Appearance of Counsel [PDF]
- Brief of Broward County [PDF]
- Initial Brief of the Attorney General [PDF]
- Order Striking Brief of Intervenors Pope and Brunner [PDF]
- Brief of Intervenors Pope and Brunner [PDF]
- Order Striking Thakur's Friend of Court Brief [PDF]
- Order Denying O'Neal's Motion to Appear as Amicus Curiae [PDF]
- Palm Beach's Notice of Reliance Upon Its Emergency Petition for Extraordinary Writ as Its Submission Pursuant to the Briefing Schedule [PDF]
- Notice of Decision of Miami-Dade to Conduct County-Wide Manual Recount [PDF]
- Order Dismissing Volusia County Canv. Bd. [PDF]
- Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Volusia County Canv. Bd. [PDF]
November 17, 2000
- Press Procedures for Oral Argument [PDF]
- Order Accepting Jurisdiction, Setting Oral Argument and Setting Briefing Schedule [PDF]
- Stay Order From Florida Supreme Court [PDF]
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