No. 22O155
 
Title: Texas, Plaintiff
v.
Pennsylvania, et al.
Docketed: December 8, 2020
Lower Ct:
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 07 2020 Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint filed.
Motion for Leave to File a Bill of Complaint Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 07 2020 Motion to expedite filed by plaintiff Texas.
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Dec 07 2020 Motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay filed by plaintiff Texas.
Main Document Proof of Service Other
Dec 08 2020 Response to the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and to the motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay requested, due Thursday, December 10, by 3 pm.
Dec 09 2020 Motion to intervene filed by Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
Main Document Other Proof of Service
Dec 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of State of Missouri and 16 other States filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 09 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Carter Phillips, et al. submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Attorneys submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 09 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by State of Arizona and Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General submitted.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 10 2020 Motion of State of Ohio for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (December 10, 2020) (corrected motion electronically filed)
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by State of Ohio filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 10 2020 Response to motion for leave to file bill of complaint and motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order or stay from defendant Wisconsin filed.
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Dec 10 2020 Opposition to Texas's motion for leave to file bill of complaint and its motion for preliminary relief from defendant Georgia filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Opposition to motions for leave to file bill of complaint and for injunctive relief from defendant Michigan filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Opposition to motion for leave to file bill of complaint and motion for preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order, or stay from defendant Pennsylvania filed.
Main Document Other Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief from the District of Columbia on behalf of 22 States and Territories filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 10 2020 Motion of U.S. Representative Mike Johnson and 105 Other Members for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (December 11, 2020)
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by U.S. Representative Mike Johnson and 125 other Members filed
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to intervene by Ron Heuer, et al. submitted.
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Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, Senator Lora Reinbold, Representative David Eastment, et al. (Elected State Officials) submitted.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count Other Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to intervene by State of Missouri and 5 other States filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Other
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly filed.
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Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by certain select Pennsylvania State Senators submitted.
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Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Christian Family Coalition filed.
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Dec 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Bryan Cutler, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Kerry Benninghoff, Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of City of Detroit filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Justice and Freedom Fund submitted.
Main Document Proof of Service Other
Dec 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Georgia state Senator William Ligon, et al. filed.
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Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by L. Lin Wood submitted.
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Dec 10 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Steve Bullock, in his official capacity as Governor of Montana, filed.
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Dec 11 2020 Reply of State of Texas not accepted for filing. (December 11, 2020) (corrected brief electronically filed)
Dec 11 2020 Reply of State of Texas not accepted for filing. (December 11, 2020) (corrected brief electronically filed)
Dec 11 2020 Reply in support of motion for leave to file bill of complaint from plaintiff Texas filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 11 2020 Reply in support of motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay from plaintiff Texas filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 11 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Citizens United, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 11 2020 Motion for leave to file amicus brief by Members of the Democratic Caucus of the Senate of Pennsylvania filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 11 2020 Brief amicus curiae of New California State and New Nevada State submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Other
Dec 11 2020 The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Ken Paxton
Counsel of Record
Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
kenneth.paxton@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1414
Party name: State of Texas


Attorneys for Respondents
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: 717-783-3226
Party name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


Thomas Charles Bellavia
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Department of Justice
17 W. Main Street
PO Box 7857
Madison, WI 53707-7857
bellaviatc@doj.state.wi.us
Ph: 6083337519
Party name: State of Wisconsin


Fadwa A. Hammoud
Counsel of Record
Michigan Department of Attorney General
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI 48909
HammoudF1@michigan.gov
Ph: 517-335-7628
Party name: State of Michigan


Andrew Alan Pinson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capital Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
apinson@law.ga.gov
Ph: 404-458-3409
Party name: State of Georgia


Other Attorneys
John C. Eastman
Counsel of Record
174 W. Lincoln Ave, #620
Anaheim, CA 92805
jeastman562@gmail.com
Ph: 909-257-3869
Party name: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States


Charles R. Gerow
Counsel of Record
4725 Charles Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Cgerow@quantumcomms.com
Ph: 717-877-8194
Party name: Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly


Donald W. MacPherson
Counsel of Record
The MacPherson Group
24654 N Lake Pleasant Pkwy
Suite 103-551
Peoria, AZ 85383
mac@beatirs.com
Ph: 6232092003
Party name: Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, Senator Lora Reinbold, Representative David Eastment, et al. (Elected State Officials)


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


Richard Douglas Bernstein
Counsel of Record
1875 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
rbernsteinlaw@gmail.com
Ph: 3017752064
Party name: Carter Phillips, et al.


John Allen Eidsmoe
Counsel of Record
One Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36064
eidsmoeja@juno.com
Ph: 3343241812
Party name: Constitutional Attorneys


Brunn Wall Roysden III
Counsel of Record
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
2005 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
beau.roysden@azag.gov
Ph: 602-542-5025
Party name: State of Arizona and Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General


Erick G. Kaardal
Counsel of Record
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.
150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3100
Minneapolis, MN 55402
kaardal@mklaw.com
Ph: 612-465-0927
Party name: Ron Heuer, et al.


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


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: Certain Select Pennsylvania State Senators


Loren L. AliKhan
Counsel of Record
D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Solicitor General
400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001
loren.alikhan@dc.gov
Ph: 202-727-6287
Party name: District of Columbia on behalf of 22 States and Territories


Dennis Grossman
Counsel of Record
6701 Sunset Drive
Suite 104
Miami, FL 33143
dagrossmanlaw@aol.com
Ph: 5164666690
Party name: Christian Family Coalition


Douglas Alexander Stewart Chalmers Jr.
Counsel of Record
Chalmers & Adams LLC
5805 State Bridge Road #G77
Johns Creek, GA 30097
dchalmers@cpblawgroup.com
Ph: 770-630-5927
Party name: Bryan Cutler Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Kerry Benninghoff Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives


David H. Fink
Counsel of Record
Fink Bressack
38500 Woodward Ave, Suite 350
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
dfink@finkbressack.com
Ph: 2489712500
Party name: City of Detroit


Nathaniel Kyle MacPherson
Counsel of Record
The MacPherson Group, LLC
24654 N. Lake Pleasant Pkwy.
Suite 103-551
Peoria, AZ 85383
nathan@beatirs.com
Ph: 6232092003
Party name: Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, Senator Lora Reinbold, Representative David Eastman, et al (Elected Officials) as Amici Curiae


James L. Hirsen
Counsel of Record
505 S. Villa Real Drive
Suite 101
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
james@jameshirsen.com
Ph: 714-283-8880
Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund in Support of Plaintiff


L. Lin Wood Jr.
Counsel of Record
P.O. Box 52584
Atlanta, GA 30355-0584
lwood@linwoodlaw.com
Ph: 4049833284
Party name: L. Lin Wood


James A. Davids
Counsel of Record
741 Sand Willow Dr.
Chesapeake, VA 23320
jimdavids@gmail.com
Ph: (757) 576-9610
Party name: Ga. state Sen. William Ligon et al.


Adam G. Unikowsky
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
AUnikowsky@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6041
Party name: Steve Bullock, in his official capacity as Governor of Montana


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
wjo@mindspring.com
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC


Robert Ellsworth Thomas III
Counsel of Record
150 South Hwy 160, #310
Pahrump, NV 89048
Carguy341@yahoo.com
Ph: 5308281234
Party name: New California State and New Nevada State


Phillip L. Jauregui Jr.
Counsel of Record
1300 I Street, NW
Suite 400 E
Washington, DC 20005
plj@judicialactiongroup.com
Ph: 202-216-9309
Party name: U.S. Representative Mike Johnson and 125 Other Members


Jessel A. Costa Jr.
Counsel of Record
Democratic Caucus Senate of Pennsylvania
Room 535 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
jay.costa@pasenate.com
Ph: (717) 787-3736
Party name: Members of the Democratic Caucus of the Senate of Pennsylvania