No. 23-96

Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2023-08-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority contempt-sanction county-boards-of-elections dominion-voting dominion-voting-systems election-board election-law election-procedures pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-rights
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machines in assessing its contractual relationship with Dominion Voting Systems (Dominion), where under Article I, section 4 of the United States Constitution, the Pennsylvania General Assembly delegated the exclusive power to manage procedures regarding elections to County Boards of Elections?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machines in assessing its contractual relationship with Dominion Voting Systems (Dominion), where under Article I, section 4 of the United States Constitution, the Pennsylvania General Assembly delegated the exclusive power to manage _ procedures regarding elections to County Boards of Elections? 2. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in sanctioning the Petitioners and their attorneys for having conducted an inspection of Dominion voting machines where the Pennsylvania General Assembly has delegated its plenary constitutional authority pursuant to Article I, section 4 of the Constitution to appoint experts and conduct inspections on voting machines to the county boards of elections, and pursuant to that authority Petitioners had such an inspection performed for the purposes of fulfilling its delegated responsibilities under the Constitution?

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-12
Application (23A204) referred to the Court.
2023-09-12
Application (23A204) denied by the Court.
2023-08-31
2023-08-22
Waiver of right of respondent Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. to respond filed.
2023-08-10
Waiver of right of respondent Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2023-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2023)

Attorneys

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