No. 20-542
Vide 20-574
Title:Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Petitioner
v.
Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.
Docketed:October 26, 2020
Linked with 20A53, 20A84
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
   Case Numbers:(133 MM 2020)
   Decision Date:September 17, 2020
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:

DateProceedings and Orders
Sep 28 2020Application (20A53) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Sep 29 2020Response to application (20A53) requested by Justice Alito, due Monday, October 5, by 3 p.m.
Sep 30 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Bryan Cutler, et al.
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Oct 02 2020Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Tom Ridge, et al.
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Oct 05 2020Response to application from respondents Kathy Boockvar, et al. filed.
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Oct 05 2020Response to application from respondent Luzerne County Election Board filed.
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Oct 05 2020Response to application from respondents Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. filed.
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Oct 05 2020Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Oklahoma, et al.
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Oct 05 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.
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Oct 05 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Christian Family Coalition Florida, Inc.
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Oct 06 2020Reply of applicants Joseph B. Scarnati III, et al. filed.
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Oct 19 2020Application (20A53) referred to the Court.
Oct 19 2020Application (20A53) denied by the Court. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the application.
Oct 23 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)
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Oct 23 2020Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner.
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Oct 25 2020Response to motion from respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed.
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Oct 26 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Honest Elections Project.
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Oct 26 2020Response to motion from respondent Kathy Boockvar filed.
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Oct 27 2020Motion to recuse from respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections not accepted for filing. (October 29, 2020 - See Notice of Withdrawal of Motion to Recuse submitted October 29, 2020)
Oct 27 2020Reply in Support of Motion to Expedite Consideration filed.
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Oct 28 2020Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join. (Detached Opinion)
Oct 28 2020Letter of October 28, 2020 from counsel for respondent Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of State of Pennsylvania filed.
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Oct 29 2020Notice of withdrawal of motion to recuse from counsel for respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections submitted. (Received November 2, 2020)
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Nov 04 2020Motion for leave to intervene as a petitioner filed by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. filed.
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Nov 04 2020Response to motion for leave to intervene requested, due Thursday, November 5, 2020, by 5 p.m.
Nov 05 2020Response to motion from petitioner Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed.
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Nov 05 2020Response to motion from respondent Kathy Boockvar filed.
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Nov 05 2020Response to motion from respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed.
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Nov 05 2020Response to motion from respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections filed.
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Nov 06 2020Application (20A84) for injunctive relief pending the disposition of the petition for certiorari, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Nov 06 2020Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to Intervene as a Petitioner filed.
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Nov 06 2020Order issued by Justice Alito: All county boards of election are hereby ordered, pending further order of the Court, to comply with the following guidance provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth on October 28 and November 1, namely, (1) that all ballots received by mail after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 be segregated and kept “in a secure, safe and sealed container separate from other voted ballots,” and (2) that all such ballots, if counted, be counted separately. Pa. Dep’t of State, Pennsylvania Guidance for Mail-in and Absentee Ballots Received From the United States Postal Service After 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (Oct. 28, 2020); Pa. Dep’t of State, Canvassing Segregated Mail-in and Civilian Absentee Ballots Received by Mail After 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and Before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020 (Nov. 1, 2020). Until today, this Court was not informed that the guidance issued on October 28, which had an important bearing on the question whether to order special treatment of the ballots in question, had been modified. The application received today also informs the Court that neither the applicant nor the Secretary has been able to verify that all boards are complying with the Secretary’s guidance, which, it is alleged, is not legally binding on them. I am immediately referring this application to the Conference and direct that any response be filed as soon as possible but in any event no later than 2 p.m. tomorrow, November 7, 2020.
Nov 06 2020Response to application from respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed.
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Nov 07 2020Response to application from respondent Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania filed.
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Nov 07 2020Response to application from respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections filed.
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Nov 08 2020Letter of respondent Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania filed.
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Nov 09 2020Reply of applicant Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed.
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Nov 09 2020Brief amicus curiae of State of Ohio filed. VIDED.
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Nov 09 2020Brief amici curiae of States of Oklahoma, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Nov 09 2020Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Nov 13 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.
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Nov 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 24 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020, for all respondents.
Nov 25 2020Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC filed.
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Nov 30 2020Waiver of right of respondents Various Respondents to respond filed.
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Nov 30 2020Motion to intervene as respondents filed by Thomas J. Randolph, et al. VIDED.
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Nov 30 2020Brief of respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 30 2020Brief of respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 30 2020Brief of respondent Kathy Boockvar in opposition filed.
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Dec 01 2020Brief of Thomas J. Randolph and C.F. Canavan in opposition not accepted for filing. (December 03, 2020)
Dec 15 2020Reply of petitioner Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 16 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 11 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Jan 19 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
Feb 12 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Feb 22 2021Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Honest Elections Project GRANTED.
Feb 22 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) Justice Alito, with whom Justice Gorsuch joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Feb 22 2021Motion of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. for leave to intervene as petitioner dismissed as moot.
Feb 22 2021Motion of Thomas J. Randolph, et al. to intervene as respondents dismissed as moot.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
John Matthew Gore
    Counsel of Record		Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

jmgore@jonesday.com		2028793939
Party name: Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Attorneys for Respondents
Joseph Matthias Cosgrove
    Counsel of Record		Selingo Guagliardo LLC
345 Market Street
Kingston, PA 18704-0000

jmcosgro@msn.com		570-287-2400
Party name: Luzerne County Board of Elections
John Bartley DeLone
    Counsel of Record		Attorney General's Office
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General -Appellate Litigation Section
15th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120

jdelone@attorneygeneral.gov		717-783-3226
Party name: Veronica Degraffenreid
Molly Elizabeth Meacham
    Counsel of Record		Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC
Two Gateway Center, 603 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

mmeacham@babstcalland.com		4126008528
Party name: Various Respondents
Molly Ruth Mudd
    Counsel of Record		Adams County Solicitor's Office
117 Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325

mmudd@adamscounty.us		7173375911
Party name: Adams County
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369

donald.verrilli@mto.com		202-220-1101
Party name: Pennsylvania Democratic Party
Other
Benjamin Michael Flowers
    Counsel of Record		Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
30 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215

benjamin.flowers@ohioattorneygeneral.gov		6144668980
Party name: State of Ohio
William Jeffrey Olson
    Counsel of Record		William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

wjo@mindspring.com		7033565070
Party name: Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC
Helen Augusta Randolph
    Counsel of Record		P.O. Box 17416
2043 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22216

hrlaw302907@gmail.com		3029079831
Party name: Thomas J. Randolph and C.F. Canavan
David B. Rivkin Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Baker & Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

drivkin@bakerlaw.com		202-861-1731
Party name: Honest Elections Project
D. John Sauer
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Attorney General
Supreme Court Building, 207 West High Street
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102

john.sauer@ago.mo.gov		573-751-3321
Party name: State of Missouri
Jay Alan Sekulow
    Counsel of Record		Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group, P.C.
1701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

jsekulow@claglaw.com		2025468890
Party name: Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.
Mithun Mansinghani
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

mithun.mansinghani@oag.ok.gov		405-522-4392
Party name: State of Oklahoma