No. 23-1237

County of Fulton, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2024-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority county-boards-of-elections due-process election-integrity election-law elections judicial-sanctions pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-equipment voting-machines
Key Terms:
Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a special master to order voting machines owned by the County of Fulton to be placed in custody of a third party, where the Pennsylvania General Assembly delegated the exclusive power to manage procedures regarding elections and voting equipment to County Boards of Elections?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a Special Master to order that voting machines owned by the County of Fulton were to be placed in custody of a third party, where under Article I, section 4 of the United States Constitution, the Pennsylvania General Assembly delegated the exclusive power to manage procedures regarding elections and voting equipment to County Boards of Elections? 2. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in sanctioning the Petitioners and their attorneys for having experts analyze voting machines that the County Board of Elections bought under contract, where the Pennsylvania General Assembly has delegated its plenary constitutional authority pursuant to Article J, section 4 of the Constitution to appoint experts and examine and analyze voting machines to the county boards of elections, and pursuant to that authority Petitioners had such analyses performed for the purposes of fulfilling its delegated responsibilities under the Constitution?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2024-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)

Attorneys

Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.
Shawn Norman GallagherBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Respondent
Shawn Norman GallagherBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Respondent
Brendan Patrick LucasBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Respondent
Brendan Patrick LucasBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Respondent
Fulton County Pennsylvania, et al.
Howard KleinhendlerHoward Kleinhendler Esquire, Petitioner
Howard KleinhendlerHoward Kleinhendler Esquire, Petitioner
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Robert Andrew WiygulHangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Respondent
Robert Andrew WiygulHangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Respondent