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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Courts - Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
The NY Times column on Bush v. Gore I quoted from in this ILB entry earlier today noted:
Bush v. Gore was front and center in the briefs and arguments last week in the Minnesota Supreme Court’s consideration of the recount litigation in the Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.According to this note I just received from Indianapolis attorney Bill Groth, some Indiana decisions are also involved:
Although this may not be of interest to anyone other than the handful of election lawyers in Indiana, the petition filed by the Coleman campaign with the Minnesota Supreme Court which is being heard this afternoon, and the answer filed by the Franken campaign, each refers to and (in the case of the Coleman campaign) relies heavily upon two Indiana cases, the US Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, and, even more obscurely, a 1981 Indiana Supreme Court decision, Wright v. Gettinger, 428 N.E.2d 1212. The citations to those cases are found in paragraphs 37-41 [pp. 18-20] of the Coleman petition and Franken answer. (This link is included in the note.)
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 23, 2008 01:50 PM
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