No. 20-574
Vide 20-542
 
Title: Jake Corman, et al., Petitioners
v.
Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al.
Docketed: October 30, 2020
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
   Case Numbers: (133 MM 2020)
   Decision Date: September 17, 2020
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 27 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2020)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 04 2020 Motion for leave to intervene as a petitioner filed by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Nov 04 2020 Response to motion for leave to intervene requested, due Thursday, November 5, 2020, by 5 p.m.
Nov 04 2020 Waiver of right of respondent Union County Board of Elections to respond filed.
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Nov 05 2020 Letter of November 5, 2020 from counsel for petitioners filed.
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Nov 05 2020 Response to motion to intervene from respondents Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, et al. filed.
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Nov 05 2020 Response to motion from respondents Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. filed.
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Nov 05 2020 Response to motion from respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections filed.
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Nov 05 2020 Response to motion from petitioner Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed.
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Nov 09 2020 Waiver of right of respondents Carbon County Board of Elections, Monroe County Board of Elections, Pike County Board of Elections, Wayne County Board of Elections, Schuylkill County Board of Elections to respond filed.
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Nov 09 2020 Brief amici curiae of States of Oklahoma, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Nov 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of State of Ohio filed. VIDED.
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Nov 09 2020 Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Nov 09 2020 Waiver of right of respondents Clarion County Board of Elections/Tioga County Board of Elections to respond filed.
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Nov 18 2020 Waiver of right of respondent Potter County Board of Elections to respond filed.
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Nov 24 2020 Waiver of right of respondents Boards of Elections for Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Columbia, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Venango and York Counties to respond filed.
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Nov 25 2020 Waiver of Boards of Elections for Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Columbia, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Venango and York Counties of right to respond not accepted for filing. (December 01, 2020)
Nov 30 2020 Brief of respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 30 2020 Brief of respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections in opposition filed. VIDED
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Nov 30 2020 Motion to intervene as respondents filed by Thomas J. Randolph, et al. VIDED.
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Nov 30 2020 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by White House Watch Fund, et al.
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Nov 30 2020 Brief of respondent Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar in opposition filed.
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Dec 01 2020 Brief of Thomas J. Randolph and C.F. Canavan in opposition not accepted for filing. (December 03, 2020)
Dec 14 2020 Reply of petitioners Joseph B. Scarnati, III, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 16 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 07 2021 Waiver of right of respondent Allegheny County Board of Elections to respond filed.
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Jan 11 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Jan 19 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
Feb 01 2021 Letter of January 26, 2021 regarding Rule 35.3 Notice received from the petitioners.
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Feb 12 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Feb 22 2021 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by White House Watch Fund, et al. GRANTED.
Feb 22 2021 Petition 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 2021 Motion of Thomas J. Randolph, et al. to intervene as respondents dismissed as moot.
Feb 22 2021 Motion of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. for leave to intervene as petitioner dismissed as moot.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
John Matthew Gore
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

jmgore@jonesday.com
Ph: 2028793939
Party name: Republican Party of Pennsylvania


Jason Brett Torchinsky
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC
15405 John Marshall Hwy
Haymarket, VA 20169

Jtorchinsky@hvjt.law
Ph: 540 341 8808
Party name: Jake Corman, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Joseph Matthias Cosgrove
Counsel of Record
Selingo Guagliardo LLC
345 Market Street
Kingston, PA 18704-0000

jmcosgro@msn.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 717-712-3818
Party name: Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania


Gerard Joseph Geiger
Counsel of Record
Newman, Williams, et al.
712 Monroe St.
P.O. Box 511
Stroudsburg, PA 18360

ggeiger@newmanwilliams.com
Ph: (570) 421-9090
Party name: Carbon County Board of Elections, Monroe County Board of Elections, Pike County Board of Elections, Wayne County Board of Elections, Schuylkill County Board of Elections


Molly Elizabeth Meacham
Counsel of Record
Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC
Two Gateway Center, 603 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

mmeacham@babstcalland.com
Ph: 4126008528
Party name: Boards of Elections for Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Columbia, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Venango and York Counties


Molly Ruth Mudd
Counsel of Record
Adams County Solicitor's Office
117 Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325

mmudd@adamscounty.us
Ph: 7173375911
Party name: Adams County Board of Elections


Allan Joseph Opsitnick
Counsel of Record

564 Forbes Avenue
Suite 1301
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

aopsitnick@opsitnickslaw.com
Ph: 4123913299
Party name: Allegheny County Board of Elections


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
Ph: 202-220-1101
Party name: Pennsylvania Democratic Party


Stephanie L. Fera
Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis & Gabriel, LLC
2605 Nicholson Road, Suite 2201
Sewickley, PA 15143

Ph: 412-515-8900
Party name: Clarion County Board of Elections/Tioga County Board of Elections


Thomas R Shaffer
Glassmire and Shaffer Law Offices, P.C.
5 East Third Street
Coudersport, PA 16915

Ph: 814-874-7292
Party name: Potter County Board of Elections


Other Attorneys
David William Telford Carroll
Counsel of Record
Carroll, Ucker & Hemmer, LLC
1955 Coventry Rd
Columbus, OH 43212-1015

dcarroll@cuhlaw.com
Ph: 614-423-9820
Party name: White House Watch Fund a project of United States Public Policy Council


Benjamin Michael Flowers
Counsel of Record
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
30 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215

benjamin.flowers@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Ph: 6144668980
Party name: State of Ohio


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
Ph: 405-522-4392
Party name: State of Oklahoma


Helen Augusta Randolph
Counsel of Record
P.O. Box 17416
2043 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22216

hrlaw302907@gmail.com
Ph: 3029079831
Party name: Thomas J. Randolph and C.F. Canavan


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
Ph: 573-751-3321
Party name: State of Missouri


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group, P.C.
1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

jsekulow@claglaw.com
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.