LegalCaseDocs.com
shopping cart  
  |     
Search
 

 
New Visitors


 VeriSign Secure Site

 Get Adobe Reader

BUSH v GORE Click to find out why . . .



Keywords & Phrases
CaseNo: EBVG111822, CourtName: MISC 1, Plaintiff: BUSH, State: PA Pennsylvania, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>EBVG111822, Election, Florida, Canvassing Board, Fla, County, County Canvassing Board, Vote, Manual Recount, Absentee Ballot, Recount, Ballots, Supreme Court, President, Votes, Defendant-intervenors, Palm Beach County, Absentee Ballots, Circuit Court, Voter, Voters, Palm Beach, United States, Voting, Statute, Supervisor, Statutory, Constitution, Ballot, Request, Discretion, Miami-dade County, Trial Court, Opinion, Harris, Electors, Appellants, Certification, Legislature, Republican Party, Standard , ContentID: 120243610

Case Documents
1   LEGISLATURES MOTION TO PARTICIPATE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 115844
1 pages
PDF
2   VOLUSIADISMISSAL
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109168
1 pages
PDF
3   THRASHER BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109166
15 pages
PDF
4   TAYLOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109164
9 pages
PDF
5   TAYLOR MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109163
3 pages
PDF
6   SCHEDULE FOR ARGUMENTS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109157
1 pages
PDF
7   ROGERS TRIAL COURT COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109156
9 pages
PDF
8   ROGERS NOTICE OF FILING
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109155
3 pages
PDF
9   ROGERS MOTION TO PROCEED
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109154
6 pages
PDF
10   RESPONSE OF BUTLER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109153
5 pages
PDF
11   REPLY TO BUTLER RESPONSE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109152
6 pages
PDF
12   REPLY BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109151
15 pages
PDF
13   PRO HAC VICE MARKER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109150
4 pages
PDF
14   PRO HAC VICE KING
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109149
4 pages
PDF
15   PRO HAC VICE BUSH2
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109148
3 pages
PDF
16   PRO HAC VICE BUSH
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109147
3 pages
PDF
17   PETITION BY AL GORE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109144
50 pages
PDF
18   PALMBEACHNOTICEOFRELIANCE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109142
3 pages
PDF
19   PALM BEACH SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109141
11 pages
PDF
20   PALM BEACH ANSWER1
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109140
6 pages
PDF
21   PALM BEACH ANSWER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109139
6 pages
PDF
22   ORDOAAPPORTIONMENT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109135
2 pages
PDF
26   OAPRESENTATION
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109087
1 pages
PDF
27   NOTICE OF MARTIN CANVASSING BOARD
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109086
2 pages
PDF
28   NOTICE OF FILING BY HARRIS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109085
5 pages
PDF
29   NASSAU ANSWER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109083
4 pages
PDF
30   MOTION TO DISMISS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109082
3 pages
PDF
31   MOTION PRO HAC VICE STEINBERG
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109081
7 pages
PDF
32   MOTION PRO HAC VICE SANDLER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109080
7 pages
PDF
33   MOTION PRO HAC VICE PINCUS
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109077
7 pages
PDF
34   MOTION PRO HAC VICE LEGISLATURE
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109075
5 pages
PDF
35   MMOPARTYREP
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109073
1 pages
PDF
37   MIAMI-DADE ANSWER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109071
5 pages
PDF
41   KATZ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109064
3 pages
PDF
42   KATZ BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109062
38 pages
PDF
43   JACOBS BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109059
57 pages
PDF
44   INITIAL BRIEF BY BUTLER
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109058
30 pages
PDF
46   HARRISEMERGENCYPETITION
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 109056
11 pages
PDF
Total Documents: 296 documents , 3035 pages
Price: $ 199.95


IVESLCD01 KGI0001
 
 

 Forgot your password?


1 . LEGISLATURES MOTION TO PARTICIPATE

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
No key words
found in document.
--------------
This indicates that
document is an image.
--------------
Images in PDF files
often contain text
readable by persons
but not by scanners.














SNIPPETS:

2 . VOLUSIADISMISSAL

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
No key words
found in document.
--------------
This indicates that
document is an image.
--------------
Images in PDF files
often contain text
readable by persons
but not by scanners.











SNIPPETS:

3 . THRASHER BRIEF

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
FLORIDA
UNITED STATES
COURT
ELECTION
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
FLA
PARTY
STAT
VICE PRESIDENT
CERTIFICATION
CANDIDATES
CONTEST
FLORIDA STATUTES
VOTES
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FLORIDA LAW
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
ELECTIONS CANVASSING
PLAINTIFFS
CONTESTING
CIRCUIT COURT
ASCERTAINMENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
FEDERAL LAW
ALBERT GORE
GENERAL ELECTION
STATUTORY MECHANISM
ELECTION CODE
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
                       IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
                                   CASE NO. SC00-2341
                                 DCA Case No. 1D00-4745
                               Circuit Court Case No. 00-2808


 ALBERT GORE, JR., Nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States for President of the
United States, and JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States
                            for Vice President of the United States,

                                     Plaintiffs/Appellants,

                                              vs.

      KATHERINE HARRIS, as SECRETARY OF STATE, STATE OF FLORIDA, et al.,

                                    Defendants/Appellees.





           BRIEF OF INTERVENOR, JOHN E. THRASHER




                                           W. Robert Vezina, III
                                           Florida Bar No. 329401
                                           Frederick J. Springer
                                           Florida Bar No. 982164
                                           Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, P.A.
                                           318 North Calhoun Street
                                           Tallahassee, Florida 32301
                                           (850) 224-6205
                                           (850) 224-1353 (facsimile)

                                           Counsel for John E. Thrasher



                                                      TABLE OF CONTENTS


Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table of Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Statement of the Case and Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • ALBERT GORE, JR., Nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States for President of the
  • for Vice President of the United States,
  • The Elections Canvassing Comm'n (Fla.
  • Stat.

  • 4 . TAYLOR SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ABSENTEE BALLOTS
    FLA
    LAW
    VOTING
    STATUTE
    VOTE
    COURT
    QUALIFICATION
    STRICT
    ELECTION
    BOARDMAN
    VIOLATIONS
    VOTER
    LEGISLATURE
    STRICT COMPLIANCE
    STAT
    APPLICATIONS
    STANDARD
    INTENTION
    FLORIDA
    JOHN SMITH
    ILLEGALITIES
    DCA
    REQUEST
    MARTIN COUNTY
    TECHNICALITIES
    RESPONDENTS
    PROVISIONS
    MANDATORY
    
                                          IN THE
    
                            Supreme Court of Florida
    
                                      Case No. 2448
    
    RONALD TAYLOR and JOHN and JANE
    DOES 1-NNN,
    
          Plaintiffs/Appellants,
                                                1st DCA Case No. 1000-4829
    v.
                                                FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL
    THE MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING                CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA
    BOARD, PEGGY S. ROBBINS, THE                CASE NO: CV-00-2850
    HONORABLE STEWART HERSHEY,
    MARSHALL WILCOX, THE FLORIDA
    REPUBLICAN PARTY, TOM HAUCK,
    GEORGE W. BUSH, RICHARD CHENEY,
    THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION
    CANVASSING COMMISSION and
    KATHERINE HARRIS,
    
          Defendants/Appellees.
    
    
    
                             PETITIONERS' SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    
    
                                         GARY M. FARMER, JR.
                                         GILLESPIE, GOLDMAN, KRONENGOLD
                                         & FARMER, P.A.
                                         6550 N. Federal Highway, Suite 511
                                         Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
                                         Telephone: (954) 771-0908
                                         Facsimile:  (954) 771-9880
    
                                         STEPHEN A. SHELLER
                                         GEORGE BADEY
                                         SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY
                                         Philadelphia, PA 19102
    
                                         Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • The Trial Court Applied an Incorrect Legal Standard in Denying Relief
  • the Matter of the Protest of Election Returns and Absentee
  • 2d 1170 (Fla.
  • 1st DCA 1974).
  • Stat.
  • Republican Party officials in Martin County violate Section 104.047,
  • and Absentee Ballots in the November 4, 1997 Election for the City of Miami, 707 So.
  • newly created absentee voter legislation found in Chapter 104,
  • and validity of absentee ballots and applications therefore.
  • The statute provides for punishments
  • absentee ballot request forms or the absentee ballots themselves.
  • distinguished from other types of election law irregularities or violations.
  • In this regard, the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Boardman v. Esteva, 323 So.
  • the reason for voting absentee not being specified on either the application or the envelope;
  • misunderstanding of minute technicalities than to lack of diligence to comply with essential
  • discarded and not counted because of various illegalities relating to "essential elements"
  • qualification of the applicant to vote in the election.
  • Thus, the resounding principle of Boardman, and one the trial court and Respondents
  • is that this Court relaxed the strict compliance standard applicable to
  • application is sufficient to ascertain the qualifications of the applicant to vote.
  • Elections officials need identifying information, in the form of the voter's identification
  • is mandatory and not directory.
  • that the intention of the legislature would be a primary consideration.
  • provisions of this 1998 statute, the express language of the statute must control.

  • 5 . TAYLOR MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    UNDERSTANDING
    SUPPLEMENT
    SUBMITTING
    FLORIDA
    RONALD TAYLOR
    JOHN
    JANE
    PLAINTIFFS
    PARTIES
    GEORGE
    BUSH
    RICHARD
    CHENEY
    PETITIONERS
    MOTION
    BRIEFS
    BOARDMAN
    SUBMISSION
    PREJUDICE
    UNDERSIGNED APOLOGIZES
    INCONVENIENCE
    INDULGENCE
    FIT
    GRANTING
    HEREBY CERTIFY
    FOREGOING
    MAIL DELIVERY
    HOUSTON
    TEXAS
    
                                              IN THE
    
                           Supreme Court of Florida
    
                                           Case No. 2448
    
    RONALD TAYLOR and JOHN and JANE
    DOES 1-NNN,
    
          Plaintiffs/Appellants,
                                                     1st DCA Case No. 1D00-4829
    v.
                                                     FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND
    THE MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING                     JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY,
    BOARD, PEGGY S. ROBBINS, THE                     FLORIDA CASE NO: CV-00-2850
    HONORABLE STEWART HERSHEY,
    MARSHALL WILCOX, THE FLORIDA
    REPUBLICAN PARTY, TOM HAUCK,
    GEORGE W. BUSH, RICHARD
    CHENEY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA
    ELECTION CANVASSING
    COMMISSION and KATHERINE
    HARRIS,
    
          Defendants/Appellees.
    
    
    
                        PETITIONERS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE
                                    SUPPLEMENT TO INTIAL BRIEF
    
                                              GARY M. FARMER, JR.
                                              GILLESPIE, GOLDMAN, KRONENGOLD
                                              & FARMER, P.A.
                                              6550 N. Federal Highway, Suite 511
                                              Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
                                              Telephone: (954) 771-0908
                                              Facsimile:  (954) 771-9880
    
                                              STEPHEN A. SHELLER
                                              GEORGE BADEY
                                              SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY
                                              Philadelphia, PA 19102
                                              Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants
    
    
    
           The Plaintiffs, Ronald Taylor and John and Jane Does 1-NNN, file this Motion for Leave
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • The Plaintiffs, Ronald Taylor and John and Jane Does 1-NNN, file this Motion for Leave
  • This Court entered a Scheduling Order by which the parties' briefs were to be
  • Petitioners have submitted their Initial Brief
  • supplement to the Initial Brief in which argument is made as to one aspect of the issues on
  • specifically the application and interpretation of this Court's decision in Boardman
  • Undersigned respectfully submits that the submission of this Brief will assist the
  • Court in understanding the applicable legal standards and the appropriateness of the
  • not prejudice the parties in any way in that the Boardman case is discussed by both parties
  • out that this Court permitted George W. Bush and Richard Cheney to submit an Amended
  • Rather than submitting an Amended Brief,
  • Undersigned apologizes to the Court for any inconvenience this may have caused
  • and thanks the Court for any indulgence it sees fit in granting.
  • I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was furnished by fax and mail delivery this
  • Houston, Texas 77002

  • 6 . SCHEDULE FOR ARGUMENTS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAN
    ARGUE
    PARTIES/REPRESENTATIVES
    MITCHELL
    BERGER
    CLAYTON ROBERTS
    GEORGE
    TERWILLIGER
    BARRY RICHARD
    BENJAMIN
    GINSBERG
    MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CANVASSING
    DAVID
    LEAHY MURRAY
    GREENBERG JEFFREY
    EHRLICH
    PALM BEACH COUNTY
    NASSAU COUNTY CANVASSING
    
                       PARTIES/REPRESENTATIVES
                                   - Revised 9:01 a.m. 12/07/2000
    
                   APPELLANTS                           INTERVENORS/APPELLEES
    
    Albert Gore, Jr.                             Glenda Carr
       Rep:  Hon. William Daley                  Lonnette Harrell
    David Boies                                  Terry Richardson
    W. Dexter Douglass                           Gary H. Shuler
                                                 Keith Temple
    Joseph Lieberman                             Mark A. Thomas
        Rep:  Mark R. Steinberg                     Rep:  William Vandercreek
    Jeffrey D. Robinson                          William Kemper Jennings
    Mitchell W. Berger
                                                 John E. Thrasher
                                                    Rep:  John E. Thrasher
                   APPELLEES                     W. Robert Vezina, III
    
    Katherine Harris                             Stephen Cruce
       Rep:  Deborah Kearney                     Teresa Cruce
    Joseph P. Klock, Jr.                         Terry Kelly
    John W. Little                               Jeanette K. Seymour
                                                    Rep:  None
    Elections Canvassing Commission              Gary L. Printy
       Rep:  Bob Crawford                        Frank Myers
    Clayton Roberts
    Bill L. Bryant, Jr.                          Matt Butler
                                                    Rep:  Matt Butler
    George W. Bush                               Terrell C. Madigan
    Dick Cheney                                  Harold R. Mardenborough, Jr.
       Rep:  George J. Terwilliger, III
    Barry Richard
    Benjamin L. Ginsberg
    
    Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board
       Rep:  David C. Leahy
    Murray A. Greenberg
    Jeffrey P. Ehrlich
    
    Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
    do not plan to argue
    
    Nassau County Canvassing Board
    do not plan to argue
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • PARTIES/REPRESENTATIVES
  • Mitchell W. Berger
  • Clayton Roberts
  • Rep: George J. Terwilliger, III
  • Barry Richard
  • Benjamin L. Ginsberg
  • Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board
  • David C. Leahy Murray A. Greenberg Jeffrey P. Ehrlich
  • Palm Beach County Canvassing Board do not plan to argue
  • Nassau County Canvassing Board do not plan to argue

  • 7 . ROGERS TRIAL COURT COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COUNTY
    BALLOT
    FLORIDA
    VOTES
    PALM BEACH
    PRESIDENT
    CAST
    UNITED STATES
    FLA
    STAT
    PLAINTIFFS
    CANVASSING
    CERTIFICATES
    CANVASSING COMMISSION
    GOVERNOR
    PAT BUCHANAN
    VICE-PRESIDENT
    ELECTORS
    PARTY
    GORE
    DESIGN
    AMERICA
    LAW
    CONTEST
    RAY KAPLAN
    BUSH
    SUPERVISOR
    VIOLATIONS
    INJUNCTION
    
                                                        IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
                                                        15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
                                                        FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
    
                                                        CASE NO.:
    
    
    BEVERLY ROGERS, and RAY KAPLAN,
    individually and on behalf of
    others similarly situated electors
    in Palm Beach County, Florida,
    
                   Plaintiffs,
    
    v.
    
    THE ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION
    OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA; GOVERNOR JEB
    BUSH; SECRETARY OF STATE KATHERINE
    HARRIS; CLAY ROBERTS, Director of the
    Division of Elections for the State of Florida;
    THERESA LaPORE, Supervisor of Elections
    for Palm Beach County; THE PALM BEACH
    COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASSING
    COMMISSION; AL GORE; and GEORGE W. BUSH,
    
                   Defendants.
    _________________________________________/
    
                                             COMPLAINT
    
           The Plaintiffs, BEVERLY ROGERS and RAY KAPLAN, individually and on behalf of
    
    others similarly situated, electors in Palm Beach County, Florida sues Defendants, THE
    
    ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA; GOVERNOR
    
    JEB BUSH; SECRETARY OF STATE KATHERINE HARRIS; CLAY ROBERTS, Director of
    
    the Division of Elections for the State of Florida;  THERESA LaPORE, Supervisor of Elections
    
    for Palm Beach County; THE PALM BEACH COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASSING
    
    
    
    COMMISSION; AL GORE; and GEORGE W. BUSH, pursuant to Section 102.168, Fla.Stat.,
    
    and in support thereof allege the following:
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BEVERLY ROGERS, and RAY KAPLAN, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated
  • THE ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA; GOVERNOR JEB BUSH; SECRETARY OF
  • Supervisor of Elections for Palm Beach County;
  • The Plaintiffs, BEVERLY ROGERS and RAY KAPLAN, individually and on behalf of
  • COMMISSION; AL GORE; and GEORGE W. BUSH, pursuant to Section 102.168, Fla.Stat.,
  • On November 7, 2000, an election was held in the United States of America,
  • Beach County with the intention of casting their ballots for the office of President of the
  • States of America on behalf of Al Gore,
  • Section 101.191, Fla.
  • the ballot, with a blank space adjacent to the right of the candidate's name to be filled in
  • Stat., provides detailed
  • office shall be listed in the following order: the name candidate of the party which received
  • when indeed the individual cast
  • The design and use of the ballots in question clearly violate Sections 101.011,
  • south), of total ballots cast, Pat Buchanan received 789 votes, or .14 percent.
  • governs the contest of elections.
  • Those certificates shall be transmitted to the Department of State.
  • Vice-President of the United States as held in Palm Beach County, Florida, and as those
  • Absent such an injunction, certificates will be issued by the County and State
  • Given the State law violations concerning the form and design of the ballot in
  • Given the State law violations concerning the form and design of the ballot

  • 8 . ROGERS NOTICE OF FILING

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    FLORIDA
    PALM BEACH
    HEREBY
    CIRCUIT
    BEACH COUNTY
    PETITIONERS
    ROGERS
    TRIAL COURT
    ELECTION
    ESQ
    TRANSCRIPT
    JORGE LABARGA
    AUTHORITY
    POWER
    RE-VOTE
    HEREBY CERTIFY
    FOREGOING
    COUNSEL
    ELECTIONS CANVASSING COMMISSION
    LAUDERDALE
    ROBERT
    MONTGOMERY
    JAMES
    MIZE
    WEST PALM BEACH
    OLIVE AVENUE
    NOVA
    UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
    THOMAS JEFFERSON STREET
    
                             IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
                                         CASE NO:   SC00-2373
    
                  _________________________________________________
    
           BEVERLY ROGERS, et. al.              v.    THE ELECTIONS CANVASSING
                                                      COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF
                                                      FLORIDA, et al.
    
    
              Petitioners/Appellants                         Respondents/Appellees
                  _________________________________________________
    
                  4TH DCA CASE NOS. 4D00-4145, 4D00-4146 and 4D00-4153
    
    
                  FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
                         IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
                                        CASE NO.:CL 00-10992 AF
    
                  _________________________________________________
    
              PETITIONERS' NOTICE OF FILING SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX
                  _________________________________________________
    
    
                                                GARY M. FARMER, JR.
                                                Florida Bar. No. 914444
                                                GILLESPIE, GOLDMAN, KRONENGOLD
                                                    & FARMER,  P.A.
                                                6550 N. Federal Highway, Suite 511
                                                Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
                                                Telephone: (954) 771-0908
                                                Facsimile:   (954) 771-9880
    
                                                DAVID H. KRATHEN
                                                LAW OFFICES OF DAVID KRATHEN
                                                Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
    
                                                STEPHEN A. SHELLER
                                                SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY
                                                Philadelphia, PA 19102
    
    
    
                                           NOTICE OF FILING
    
           Notice is hereby given that the Petitioners, BEVERLY ROGERS and RAY KAPLAN,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
  • IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
  • Notice is hereby given that the Petitioners, BEVERLY ROGERS and RAY KAPLAN,
  • Transcript of the hearing held on November 17,
  • Jorge Labarga on the issue of whether the trial court had the authority or power to order a
  • election or re-vote if the trial court ultimately determined that the butterfly ballot
  • I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been faxed
  • All Counsel on Attached Service List.
  • The Elections Canvassing Commission of the State of Florida Case No.:
  • Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
  • Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., Esq.
  • James C. Mize, Jr., Esq.
  • West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 301 N. Olive Avenue
  • c/o Nova SE University Law School 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street,

  • 9 . ROGERS MOTION TO PROCEED

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PETITIONERS
    FLORIDA
    PARTIES
    CIRCUIT COURT
    PALM BEACH
    FORMAL RECORD
    ELECTION
    PALM BEACH COUNTY
    TRIAL COURT
    REVIEW
    APPENDICES
    MOTION
    DISTRICT COURT
    CERTIFICATION
    REQUEST
    BEVERLY ROGERS
    BALLOT
    AUTHORITY
    RE-VOTE
    IMMEDIATE
    JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
    RAY KAPLAN
    PRESIDENT
    EMERGENCY
    SUFFICE
    CLERK
    INDEX
    PREPARING
    BRIEFS
    
                             IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
                                         CASE NO:   SC00-2373
    
                  _________________________________________________
    
           BEVERLY ROGERS, et. al.              v.    THE ELECTIONS CANVASSING
                                                      COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF
                                                      FLORIDA, et al.
    
    
              Petitioners/Appellants                         Respondents/Appellees
                  _________________________________________________
    
                  4TH DCA CASE NOS. 4D00-4145, 4D00-4146 and 4D00-4153
    
    
                  FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
                         IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
                                        CASE NO.:CL 00-10992 AF
    
                  _________________________________________________
    
                             PETITIONERS' MOTION TO PROCEED
                                   WITHOUT FORMAL RECORD
                  _________________________________________________
    
    
                                                GARY M. FARMER, JR.
                                                Florida Bar. No. 914444
                                                GILLESPIE, GOLDMAN, KRONENGOLD
                                                    & FARMER,  P.A.
                                                6550 N. Federal Highway, Suite 511
                                                Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
                                                Telephone: (954) 771-0908
                                                Facsimile:   (954) 771-9880
    
                                                DAVID H. KRATHEN
                                                LAW OFFICES OF DAVID KRATHEN
                                                Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
    
                                                STEPHEN A. SHELLER
                                                SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY
                                                Philadelphia, PA 19102
    
    
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
  • IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
  • MOTION TO PROCEED WITHOUT FORMAL RECORD
  • The Petitioners, BEVERLY ROGERS and RAY KAPLAN, et al, file this Motion to
  • Palm Beach County voters arising out of the Presidential election conducted in Palm Beach
  • Florida for President of the United States.
  • certification to this Court.
  • On November 27, 2000, the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified
  • this case as a matter of great public importance requiring immediate review by this Court.
  • parties were to be submitted to the Court no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 28,
  • Petitioners also filed an Emergency Suggestion for Immediate Resolution by the Florida
  • Suffice to say, there has been little time for the clerk of the lower tribunal to
  • Those briefs have been submitted, along with lengthy and detailed Appendices,
  • the Order under review is one in which the trial court ruled that it had no
  • authority order a new election or re-vote.
  • Petitioners first before determining whether the ballot was illegal.
  • and respectfully request this Court review this case based upon the Appendices
  • Sufficient time does not exist for the clerk of the circuit court to prepare a formal
  • index to record on appeal.
  • Certainly the parties have available to them the option of preparing

  • 10 . RESPONSE OF BUTLER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MATT BUTLER
    FLORIDA
    RECOUNT
    SUPREME COURT
    LAW
    CONSTITUTIONALITY
    RESPONSE
    UNITED STATES
    VOTERS
    EQUAL PROTECTION
    PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
    CERTIFICATION
    SUPPORT
    FLORIDA STATUTES
    VIOLATES
    HARRIS
    MOOT
    MANUAL RECOUNT
    PROVISIONS
    DENY
    EXACT
    GEORGE
    COUNTIES
    REQUEST
    MATTER
    VOTES
    CONTROVERSIES
    REQUIRING
    RESOLUTION
    
                        IN THE SUPREME COURT  OF FLORIDA
                                     SC Case No. 00-2403
                               Lower Tribunal No. 1D00-4513
                                                               CV00-2745
    
    MATT BUTLER,
    
           Petitioner/Appellant,
    
    vs.
    
    HONORABLE KATHERINE
    HARRIS, etc., et. al.
    
           Respondents/Appellees
    
                 BUTLER'S RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
    
           Appellant, Matt Butler, in response to this Court's December 19, 2000, Order
    
    to Show Cause why this case should not be dismissed as moot, respectfully submits to
    
    the Court that this case is NOT moot and should be ruled upon by this Court.  In
    
    support thereof, Matt Butler shows as follows:
    
           1.     Matt Butler has alleged before this Court that the manual recount
    
    provisions of §102.166(4), Florida Statutes, are unconstitutional in that they deny
    
    Florida voters equal protection under the law, and that they deny Florida voters of their
    
    right to due process.
    
           2.     Matt Butler believes that his exact position has been vindicated in the
    
    companion case (in which he was also a party), recently decided by the United States
    
                                                 -1-
    
    
    
    Supreme Court, in George W. Bush, et al, v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al, 531 U.S.
    
    (December 12, 2000).  In that case, the United States Supreme Court determined that
    
    a recount process that allowed for different standards to be applied between (and
    
    within) counties violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • HARRIS, etc., et. al.
  • BUTLER'S RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
  • Appellant, Matt Butler, in response to this Court's December 19, 2000, Order
  • the Court that this case is NOT moot and should be ruled upon by this Court.
  • Matt Butler has alleged before this Court that the manual recount
  • provisions of §102.166, Florida Statutes, are unconstitutional in that they deny
  • Florida voters equal protection under the law, and that they deny Florida voters of their
  • Matt Butler believes that his exact position has been vindicated in the
  • companion case, recently decided by the United States
  • within) counties violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.
  • by which voters in other areas can even request similar recounts,
  • selective use of the manual recount statutes to recount certain votes only in certain
  • underpinnings of the entire panoply of controversies surrounding the Presidential
  • This Court has not yet addressed the constitutionality issue raised in Matt
  • Court of Appeal as requiring immediate resolution by the Supreme Court of Florida
  • doctrine of mootness exists concerning issues of great public importance.
  • Court of Appeal's December 1, 2000, certification, ordering a seventy-two hour
  • to enforce and interpret these provisions, the Florida Secretary of State, has withdrawn
  • her prior advocacy in support of the law's constitutionality,
  • it is respectfully requested that this Court resolve the matter
  • Suite 601, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 and George Waas, The Capitol, PL-0,

  • 11 . REPLY TO BUTLER RESPONSE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    BUTLER
    RECOUNT
    COUNTY
    PROTEST
    STATUTE
    ELECTION
    FLORIDA
    PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
    UNITED STATES SUPREME
    STATES SUPREME
    VOTES
    RESPONSE
    MOOT
    LITIGATION
    FAILS
    BALLOTS
    VOTERS
    REQUEST
    EQUAL PROTECTION
    COUNTIES
    JURISPRUDENCE
    BUTTERWORTH
    DISMISS
    STANDING
    STRIKE
    PROVISIONS
    BUSH
    GORE
    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
    
                                       IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
    MATT BUTLER,
    
               Appellant,                                                           CASE NO.: SC00-2403
    
    vs.
    
    HONORABLE KATHERINE HARRIS.
    as Secretary of State, State of Florida, and
    HONORABLE ROBERT A. BUTTERWORTH,
    as Attorney General, State of Florida,
    
               Appellees.
                                                                                                /
    
                                   BUTTERWORTH'S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF
                                   DISMISSAL OF THIS CAUSE AS MOOT OR,
                                    ALTERNATIVELY, DISMISSAL FOR LACK
                                                                OF STANDING
    
               Appellee, ROBERT A. BUTTERWORTH, as Attorney General of Florida,
    
    by and through undersigned counsel, hereby replies to Butler's Response To Order to
    
    Show Cause, averring that the cause is moot in that Butler has failed to demonstrate
    
    that his constitutional attack on §102.166 (4) and (5), Fla. Stat., survives.
    
    Alternatively, dismissal remains in order for lack of standing.
    
               Butler's Response is wholly devoid of any legal citations supportive of his
    
    contention that his constitutional claims are not moot.   Rather than cite to legal
    
    authorities for his argument that this Court should now strike two statutory provisions,
    
    Butler cavalierly­an erroneously--contends that his "exact position has (already) been
    
    
    
    vindicated in the companion case . . .recently decided by the United States Supreme
    
    Court."  Bush v. Gore, 531 U. S. ___ (December 12, 2000). Even assuming this to be
    
    so, the  obvious flaw in Butler's  argument is that the United States Supreme Court did
    
    not invalidate any statute in reaching its conclusion.    Indeed, no court throughout the
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • as Attorney General, State of Florida,
  • Appellee, ROBERT A. BUTTERWORTH, as Attorney General of Florida,
  • averring that the cause is moot in that Butler has failed to demonstrate
  • dismissal remains in order for lack of standing.
  • Butler's Response is wholly devoid of any legal citations supportive of his
  • authorities for his argument that this Court should now strike two statutory provisions,
  • .recently decided by the United States Supreme
  • the obvious flaw in Butler's argument is that the United States Supreme Court did
  • not invalidate any statute in reaching its conclusion.
  • were made without having to strike any organic or statutory law.
  • As a result, Butler fails to demonstrate why it is now necessary, after virtually
  • all of the presidential election litigation has been concluded, for this Court to strike two
  • Butler thus utterly fails to demonstrate the conditions precedent to overcoming
  • Bush v. Gore, is supportive of his position is a gross misreading of that decision.
  • conducting manual recounts of punch-card ballots in order to discern the voters' intent.
  • Beckstrom v. Volusia County Canvassing Board,
  • and that Indiana's recount provision includes manual recounts
  • Because Butler filed no protest, and no one else in Collier County filed a protest, this
  • clause mandates that every voter is entitled to make this request regardless of the
  • and resides and votes in a county that did not have an election protest filed.
  • What Butler overlooks is that the salient purpose behind the recount provisions
  • he challenges is, for the purpose of this case, to assure that votes cast in other counties
  • Such a claim sets equal protection voting rights jurisprudence on its ear.
  • of this unprecedented litigation, except to dismiss this action as moot or, alternatively,

  • 12 . REPLY BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    ELECTION
    REPUBLICAN PARTY
    ROBBINS
    BALLOT
    MARTIN COUNTY
    FLORIDA
    PLAINTIFFS
    BALLOT REQUEST
    TRIAL COURT
    PUBLIC RECORD
    VOTER
    BUSH
    SUPERVISOR ROBBINS
    LAW
    DEFENDANTS
    ABSENTEE BALLOTS
    PARTY MEMBERS
    INTENTIONAL WRONGDOING
    SUPREME COURT
    JOHN
    REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
    GOVERNOR BUSH
    ELECTIONS FRAUD
    VIOLATIONS
    VOTER IDENTIFICATION
    FRAUDULENT
    STATUTORY
    CITATIONS
    
                                          IN THE
    
                           Supreme Court of Florida
    
    RONALD TAYLOR and
    JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-NNN,
    
           Plaintiffs/Appellants,
    
    v.
    
    THE MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING
    BOARD, PEGGY S. ROBBINS, THE
    HONORABLE STEWART HERSHEY,
    MARSHALL WILCOX, THE FLORIDA
    REPUBLICAN PARTY, TOM HAUCK,
    GEORGE W. BUSH, RICHARD CHENEY,
    THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION
    CANVASSING COMMISSION and                       Case No. 00-2448
    KATHERINE HARRIS,                               Certified Question from
                                                    1st District Court of Appeal
           Defendants/Appellees,
    
    and
    
    JOHN THRASHER, RICHARD J.
    KOSMOSKI, ROSE CARMEL KOSMOSKI,
    ANN F. FORD, HORACE S. FORD, JR.,
    WILLIAM F. ZIER, KATHARIN P. ZIER,
    VIRGINIA WHITE, JOANNE D. PAYSON
    and DIANNE JOFFE,
    
           Intervenors/Appellees.
    
    
                            REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANTS
    
    
    
                                   A.  TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
                                                                                                      
    
    
    A.  TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
    
    B.  TABLE OF CITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    
           1.      The trial court erred as a matter of law, even if the trial court's
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-NNN,
  • THE MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, PEGGY S. ROBBINS, THE HONORABLE STEWART HERSHEY, MARSHALL
  • TABLE OF CITATIONS.
  • The trial court erred as a matter of law,
  • In re the Matter of November 4, 1997 Election for City of Miami,
  • The ultimate question on appeal is how inserting accurate voter identification
  • numbers in absentee ballot request forms can perpetrate an elections fraud warranting
  • Robbins issue ballot request forms to people she had already rejected as fatally
  • Even if Republican Party members did not know their conduct of
  • those means would achieve their end, the end of manipulating Supervisor Robbins into
  • successfully reached their unlawful fraudulent end,
  • On the basis of the unaltered public record in her
  • ballots exclusively to registered Republicans.
  • but rather was the result of an erroneous understanding of the statutory requirements."
  • violations of statutory requirements were "unintentional misconduct" because those
  • the same fraud which is at the heart of Plaintiffs' complaint.
  • Martin County.
  • 766 registered Republican absentee ballots, despite the true, unaltered public record
  • only as a result of the Republican Party members' intentional wrongdoing in violation
  • just as these same Defendants argued in West Palm Beach.
  • Governor Bush argues that the Court should decline to exercise its Article

  • 13 . PRO HAC VICE MARKER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    MARKER
    PRO HAC
    PRO HAC VICE
    MICHAEL
    VERIFIED MOTION
    APPELLANT
    BARS
    DISTRICT
    TALLAHASSEE
    SUPREME COURT
    RONALD TAYLOR
    COUNSEL
    ORDER GRANTING
    PROCEEDING
    MISSOURI
    ILLINOIS
    FOREGOING INSTRUMENT
    CERTIFICATE
    DELIVERY
    HEREBY CERTIFY
    HAND/MAIL DELIVERY
    COLLEGE AVENUE
    MONROE STREET
    DARYL BRISTOW BAKER
    BRISTOW BAKER BOTTS
    HOUSTON
    TEXAS
    MAIL DELIVERY
    
                                    IN THE
    
                          Supreme Court of Florida
    
    RONALD TAYLOR and
    JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-NNN,
    
           Plaintiff,
    
    v.
    
    THE MARTIN COUNTY
    CANVASSING BOARD,                               Case No. SC00-2448
    PEGGY S. ROBBINS,                               Certified Question from
    THE HONORABLE  STEWART HERSHEY,                 1st District Court of Appeal
    MARSHALL WILCOX,
    THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PARTY,
    TOM HAUCK, GEORGE W. BUSH,
    RICHARD CHENEY, THE STATE
    OF FLORIDA ELECTION CANVASSING
    COMMISSION and KATHERINE HARRIS,
    
           Defendants.
    
    
    
          VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
    
    
                                    MICHAEL B. MARKER
                                    CARR, KOREIN, TILLERY, KUNIN,
                                    MONTROY, CATES, KATZ AND GLASS
                                    701 Market Street, Suite 300
                                    St. Louis, Missouri 63101
                                    Voice: (314) 241-4844
                                    Fax: (314) 241-3525
                                    Illinois Bar No. ____________
    
    
    
        VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
    
          Appellant Ronald Taylor, by and through his undersigned counsel of record,
    
    moves the Court for an order granting leave to Michael B. Marker to appear pro hac
    
    vice as counsel of record for Appellants in the above-captioned proceeding, pursuant
    
    to Florida Judicial Administration Rule 2.060, and in support of that motion states as
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
  • Appellant Ronald Taylor, by and through his undersigned counsel of record,
  • Before me the undersigned authority personally appeared Michael B. Marker,
  • Missouri and Illinois state Bars; the Bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern
  • District of Missouri and the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois;
  • WHEREFORE Appellant requests the Court to enter an Order granting leave
  • to Michael B. Marker for leave to appear pro hac vice in this proceeding.
  • Appeared before me the above-named Michael B. Marker, known to me, and swore that the
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • I HEREBY CERTIFY a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has
  • been furnished by fax and hand/mail delivery this 11th day of December,
  • 407-425-8316 fax B. Daryl Bristow Baker Botts,
  • Houston, Texas 77002
  • by fax and mail delivery this

  • 14 . PRO HAC VICE KING

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    KING
    PRO HAC VICE
    ROBERT
    COUNTY
    VERIFIED MOTION
    MISSOURI
    BARS
    DISTRICTS
    TALLAHASSEE
    SUPREME COURT
    RONALD TAYLOR
    PLAINTIFF
    APPELLANT
    COUNSEL
    ORDER GRANTING
    PROCEEDING
    LEON
    ILLINOIS
    FOREGOING INSTRUMENT
    CERTIFICATE
    DELIVERY
    COLLEGE AVENUE
    MONROE STREET
    DARYL BRISTOW BAKER
    BRISTOW BAKER BOTTS
    HOUSTON
    TEXAS
    MAIL DELIVERY
    
                                    IN THE
    
                          Supreme Court of Florida
    
    RONALD TAYLOR and
    JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-NNN,
    
           Plaintiff,
    
    v.
    
    THE MARTIN COUNTY
    CANVASSING BOARD,                                 Case No. SC00-2448
    PEGGY S. ROBBINS,                                 Certified Question from
    THE HONORABLE  STEWART HERSHEY,                   1st District Court of Appeal
    MARSHALL WILCOX,
    THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PARTY,
    TOM HAUCK, GEORGE W. BUSH,
    RICHARD CHENEY, THE STATE
    OF FLORIDA ELECTION CANVASSING
    COMMISSION and KATHERINE HARRIS,
    
           Defendants.
    
    
    
          VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
    
    
                                    ROBERT L. KING
                                    CARR, KOREIN, TILLERY, KUNIN,
                                    MONTROY, CATES, KATZ AND GLASS
                                    701 Market Street, Suite 300
                                    St. Louis, Missouri 63101
                                    Voice: (314) 241-4844
                                    Fax: (314) 241-3525
                                    Missouri Bar No. 38478
    
    
    
         VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
    
          Appellant Ronald Taylor, by and through his undersigned counsel of record,
    
    moves the Court for an order granting leave to Robert L. King to appear pro hac vice
    
    as counsel of record for Plaintiffs/Appellants in the above-captioned proceeding,
    
    pursuant to Florida Judicial Administration Rule 2.060, and in support of that motion
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • Plaintiff,
  • THE MARTIN COUNTY
  • VERIFIED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
  • Appellant Ronald Taylor, by and through his undersigned counsel of record,
  • COUNTY OF LEON:
  • Before me the undersigned authority personally appeared Robert L. King,
  • Missouri and Illinois state Bars; the Bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern
  • and Western Districts of Missouri and the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois;
  • WHEREFORE Appellant requests the Court to enter an Order granting leave
  • to Robert L. King for leave to appear pro hac vice in this proceeding.
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • I HEREBY CERTIFY a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has
  • been furnished by fax and hand/mail delivery this 11th day of December, 2000, to:
  • 407-425-8316 fax B. Daryl Bristow Baker Botts,
  • Houston, Texas 77002
  • by fax and mail delivery this

  • 15 . PRO HAC VICE BUSH2

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    LEVEY
    GINSBERG
    BRISTOW
    MADDUX
    COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
    STUART
    ACTIVE MEMBER
    STANDING
    BAR
    PERMISSION
    PERTAINING
    PRACTICE
    LAW
    TALLAHASSEE
    AVENUE
    SUITE
    TEXAS
    LLP
    AMY DOUTHITT MADDUX
    APPEALS
    TWICE
    PROCEEDING
    JACOBS
    SEMINOLE COUNTY CANVASSING
    CIRC
    DCA
    COLUMBIA
    CERTIFICATE
    
                                  IN THE
                        SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
                           CASE NOS.: SC00-2448
                         __________________________
    
                          RONALD TAYLOR, et al.,
    
                                            Appellant,
    
                                    vs.
    
            THE MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, etc, et al.,
    
                                            Appellees.
                  _______________________________________
    
              MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
                 _________________________________________
    
    BENJAMIN L. GINSBERG                          BARRY RICHARD
    PATTON BOGGS LLP                              Florida Bar No. 0105599
    Washington D.C.                               Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
                                                  Post Office Drawer 1838
    r. dARYL bRISTOW                              Tallahassee, FL  32302
    AMY DOUTHITT MADDUX                           Phone (850) 222-6891
    BAKER BOTTS LLP                               Facsimile (850) 681-
    0207
    Houston, Texas
                                                  Counsel for Intervenor
    STUART LEVEY                                          George W. Bush
    MILLER. CASSIDY, LARROCA &                       and Dick Cheney
    LEWIN LLP
    Washington, D.C.                              KENNETH W.
    WRIGHT
                                                  Florida Bar No. 0188799
                                                  SHUTTS & BOWEN
                                                  LLP
                                                  20 North Orange Avenue
                                                  Orlando, Florida 32801
                                                  Counsel for Appellee,
    
    
    
                                                            Republican Party of
                                                            Florida
          11.    On behalf of Appellee, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney,
    counsel Benjamin L. Ginsberg, R. Daryl Bristow, Amy Douthitt Maddux
    and Stuart Levey move for leave to appear in the above-captioned matters
    pursuant to Florida Judicial Administration Rule 2.060.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • Mr. Ginsberg is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of
  • In the past three years, Mr. Ginsberg has filed only twice for permission to appear in
  • Mr. Ginsberg has never been disciplined for matters pertaining to his practice of law.
  • Mr. Bristow is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of
  • In the past three years, Mr. Bristow has filed only twice for permission to appear in
  • Case No. 00-2816, DCA Case No. 1D00-4832, SC 00-2447.
  • Maddux is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of Appeals
  • Mr. Levey is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the District of
  • WHEREFORE, Benjamin L. Ginsberg, R. Daryl Bristow, Amy Douthitt Maddux and Stuart Levey move
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • ROBERT A. HARPER STEVEN B. WHITTINGTON 325 W. Park Avenue Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1413 Fax:
  • 1914 Larette Drive Tallahassee,
  • Monroe Street, Suite 601 Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1804 Fax:
  • BRADY EDWARDS MICHAEL B. BENNETT Baker Botts, LLP One

  • 16 . PRO HAC VICE BUSH

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    GINSBERG
    BRISTOW
    MADDUX
    LEVEY
    AVENUE
    ACTIVE MEMBER
    STANDING
    BAR
    PERMISSION
    PERTAINING
    PRACTICE
    LAW
    PROCEEDING
    SUITE
    TALLAHASSEE
    ORLANDO
    DAVIS
    COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
    TEXAS
    STUART LEVEY
    APPEALS
    TWICE
    COLUMBIA
    TAYLOR
    MARTIN COUNTY CANVASSING
    CIRC
    DCA
    CERTIFICATE
    
                                  IN THE
                        SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
                           CASE NOS.: SC00-2447
                         __________________________
    
                          HARRY N. JACOBS, et al.,
    
                                            Appellant,
    
                                    vs.
    
            THE SEMINOLE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, et al.,
    
                                            Appellees.
                 _______________________________________
    
             MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
                _________________________________________
    
    BENJAMIN L. GINSBERG                          BARRY RICHARD
    PATTON BOGGS LLP                              Florida Bar No. 0105599
    Washington D.C.                               Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
                                                  Post Office Drawer 1838
    r. dARYL bRISTOW                              Tallahassee, FL  32302
    AMY DOUTHITT MADDUX                           Phone (850) 222-6891
    BAKER BOTTS LLP                               Facsimile (850) 681-
    0207
    Houston, Texas
                                                  Counsel for Intervenor
    STUART LEVEY                                          George W. Bush
    MILLER. CASSIDY, LARROCA &                    ...and Dick Cheney
    LEWIN LLP
    Washington, D.C.                              KENNETH W.
    WRIGHT
                                                  Florida Bar No. 0188799
                                                  SHUTTS & BOWEN
                                                  LLP
                                                  20 North Orange Avenue
                                                  Orlando, Florida 32801
                                                  Counsel for Appellee,
    
    
    
                                                            Republican Party of
                                                            Florida
    
          11.    On behalf of Appellee, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney,
    counsel Benjamin L. Ginsberg, R. Daryl Bristow, Amy Douthitt Maddux
    and Stuart Levey move for leave to appear in the above-captioned matters
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • Mr. Ginsberg is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of
  • In the past three years, Mr. Ginsberg has filed only twice for permission to appear in
  • Mr. Ginsberg has never been disciplined for matters pertaining to his practice of law.
  • Mr. Bristow is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of
  • In the past three years, Mr. Bristow has filed only twice for permission to appear in
  • Case No. 00-2850, DCA Case No. 1D00-4829, SC00-2448.
  • Maddux is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Court of Appeals
  • Mr. Levey is and has been an active member in good standing of the Bar of the District of
  • WHEREFORE, Benjamin L. Ginsberg, R. Daryl Bristow, Amy Douthitt Maddux and Stuart Levey move
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • SCOTT E. PERWIN PAMELA I. PERRY Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh, Mirabito & Christensen, P.A.
  • 33401 Fax: 205-6806 KENT SPRIGGS Spriggs & Davis, P.A. 324 W. College Avenue Tallahassee,
  • JANET COURTNEY 215 N. Eola Drive P.O. Box 2809 Orlando,
  • JONATHAN SJOSTROM Steel, Hector & Davis 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 601 Tallahassee, Florida

  • 17 . PETITION BY AL GORE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ELECTION
    COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
    CANVASSING BOARD
    BALLOTS
    FLORIDA
    VOTES
    HARRIS
    MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
    PRESIDENT
    UNITED STATES
    FLA
    CONTEST
    DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    COUNTING
    VOTER
    NASSAU COUNTY
    TRIAL COURT
    PALM BEACH
    CIRCUIT COURT
    CANVASSING COMMISSION
    CONTEST ACTION
    SUPREME COURT
    VICE PRESIDENT
    PETITIONERS
    ALBERT GORE
    KATHERINE HARRIS
    CONTESTED BALLOTS
    CERTIFICATION
    BALLOTS CAST
    
                                       IN THE
                         SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
                        ______________________________
    
                                     CASE NO.
                        ______________________________
    
           ALBERT GORE, Jr., Nominee of the Democratic Party of the
                United States for President of the United States, and
               JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Nominee of the Democratic
          Party of the United States for Vice President of the United States,
    
                                     Appellants,
    
                                         vs.
    
               KATHERINE HARRIS, as SECRETARY OF STATE
          STATE OF FLORIDA, and SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
       BOB CRAWFORD, SECRETARY OF STATE KATHERINE HARRIS
     AND L. CLAYTON ROBERTS, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF ELECTIONS,
        individually and as members of and as THE  FLORIDA ELECTIONS
                          CANVASSING COMMISSION,
    
                                         and
    
             THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD,
         LAWRENCE D. KING, MYRIAM LEHR and DAVID C. LEAHY
       as members of and as THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CANVASSING
    BOARD, and DAVID C. LEAHY, individually and as Supervisor of Elections,
    
                                         and
    
    THE NASSAU COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, ROBERT E. WILLIAMS,
        SHIRLEY  N. KING, AND DAVID HOWARD (or, in the alternative,
              MARIANNE P. MARSHALL), as members of and as the
                   NASSAU COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD,
        and SHIRLEY N. KING, individually and as Supervisor of Elections,
    
                                         and
    
    
    
           THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD,
              THERESA LEPORE, CHARLES E. BURTON AND
     CAROL ROBERTS, as members of and as the PALM BEACH COUNTY
        CANVASSING BOARD, and THERESA LEPORE, individually
                         and as Supervisor of Elections,
    
                                       and
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • ALBERT GORE, Jr., Nominee of the Democratic Party of the
  • United States for President of the United States, and JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Nominee of the
  • KATHERINE HARRIS, as SECRETARY OF STATE
  • STATE OF FLORIDA, and SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
  • CANVASSING COMMISSION,
  • THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD,
  • THE NASSAU COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, ROBERT E. WILLIAMS,
  • CAROL ROBERTS, as members of and as the PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, and THERESA
  • REVIEW OF TRIAL COURT RULINGS
  • Election Contest
  • COMMENCE THE COUNTING OF EXCLUDED VOTES SO AS TO PRESERVE A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR RELIEF
  • This Court Should Accept Jurisdiction and Order an Immediate Counting of the Ballots to
  • Deadline of Certification of the State's Electors
  • OF THE CONTESTED BALLOTS
  • The Circuit Court's Ruling Rested on an Erroneous Legal Ruling Regarding the Ballots to Be
  • The Circuit Court's Rulings Rested on an Erroneous Decision Regarding the Standard for
  • Intent of the Voter the Ballot Manifests

  • 18 . PALMBEACHNOTICEOFRELIANCE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PALM BEACH COUNTY
    EMERGENCY PETITION
    WRIT
    PURSUANT
    HENRY
    JOHN
    NEWTON
    NOS
    PARTY
    SUBMISSION PURSUANT
    ORDER ACCEPTING JURISDICTION
    SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE
    CANVASSING BOARD RELIES
    MERITS
    EAST BROWARD BLVD
    STE
    FLORIDA BAR
    HEREBY CERTIFY
    FOREGOING
    GARY FARMER
    BENEDICT KUENHE
    HENRY HANDLER
    ROBERT GINSBERG
    HENRY LATIMER
    DANIEL
    ECKERT FRANK
    GUMMEY
    
                                                            IN THE
                                  SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
    
               CASE NOS.    SC002346, SC00-2348 & SC00-2349
    
    
    PALM BEACH COUNTY                             vs.                    KATHERINE HARRIS, etc., et al.,
    CANVASSING BOARD
    
    VOLUSIA COUNTY                                vs.                    MICHAEL McDERMOTT, et al.,
    CANVASSING BOARD
    
    FLORID DEMOCRATIC                             vs.                    KATHERINE HARRIS, etc., et al..
    PARTY
    
          Petitioners / Appellants                                       Respondents / Appellees.
    
    
    
                     PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD'S
                                  NOTICE OF RELIANCE UPON ITS
                     EMERGENCY PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY
                      WRIT AS ITS SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THE
                                    COURT'S BRIEFING SCHEDULE
    
    
          Pursuant to the Court's "Order Accepting Jurisdiction, Setting Oral Argument and
    
    Setting Briefing Schedule," the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board relies upon its
    
    Emergency Petition for Extraordinary Writ as its Initial Brief on the Merits in these
    
    consolidated cases.
    
    
    
    
    
                                                                         Respectfully submitted,
    
    
    
    BRUCE ROGOW                           DENISE D. DYTRYCH
    Florida Bar No. 067999                Palm Beach County Attorney
    BEVERLY A. POHL                       Florida Bar No. 642118
    Florida Bar No. 907250                JAMES C. MIZE, JR.
    BRUCE S. ROGOW, P.A.                  Florida Bar No. 320110
    Broward Financial Centre              ANDREW J. McMAHON
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CASE NOS.
  • CANVASSING BOARD
  • PARTY
  • WRIT AS ITS SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THE
  • Pursuant to the Court's "Order Accepting Jurisdiction,
  • Setting Briefing Schedule," the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board relies upon its
  • Emergency Petition for Extraordinary Writ as its Initial Brief on the Merits in these
  • 500 East Broward Blvd., Ste.
  • 1930 Florida Bar No. 814636
  • I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished
  • Gary Farmer, Jr.
  • Benedict Kuenhe
  • Henry Handler
  • John D.C. Newton II by e-mail
  • Robert Ginsberg
  • Henry Latimer
  • Daniel D. Eckert Frank B. Gummey

  • 19 . PALM BEACH SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    FLORIDA
    COUNTY CANVASSING
    CANVASSING BOARD
    CONSTITUTION
    ELECTION
    PALM BEACH
    LAW
    CONFLICT
    UNITED STATES
    CERTIFICATE
    SLIP
    SUPREME COURT
    HARRIS
    LEGISLATURE
    PROVISIONS
    ELECTION CODE
    FACTS
    BUSH
    FLA
    CONSTRUCTION
    PLAY
    AUTHORITY
    OPINION
    EMPHASIS
    SUPRA
    JUDGE
    COMPETENCE
    FONT
    
                                                       IN THE
                             SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
    
    
    PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD V. KATHERINE HARRIS, ET AL.
                                            CASE NO. SC00-2346
    
        VOLUSIA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, ET AL. V. HARRIS, ET AL.
                                            CASE NO. SC00-2348
    
                    FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY V. HARRIS, ET AL.
                                            CASE NO. SC00-2349
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                     SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF OF
                    THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD,
                              FOLLOWING REMAND FROM THE
                        SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
    
    
    
    
    
    
       DENISE D. DYTRYCH                                                         BRUCE ROGOW
       Palm Beach County Attorney                                                BEVERLY A. POHL
       JAMES C. MIZE, JR.                                                        BRUCE S. ROGOW, P.A.
       ANDREW J. McMAHON                                                         Broward Financial
       GORDON SELFRIDGE                                                          500 East Broward
       Assistant Palm Beach County                                               Fort Lauderdale,
       Attorneys                                                                 (954) 767-8909
       301 North Olive Avenue, Suite 601
       West Palm Beach, FL 33401
       (561) 355-2225
                                                                                 Counsel for Palm Beach
                                                                                 Canvassing Board
    
    
    
                                        TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                                                       
    
    CERTIFICATE OF FONT SIZE AND STYLE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD V. KATHERINE HARRIS,
  • FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY V. HARRIS,
  • SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
  • CERTIFICATE OF FONT SIZE AND STYLE.
  • THIS COURT'S NOVEMBER 21, 2000 DECISION DID NOT USE THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION TO OVERRIDE THE
  • THE DECISION POSES NO CONFLICT WITH ARTICLE II, § 1,CL.
  • OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OR TITLE 3 U.S.C. § 5
  • § 102.111, Fla.
  • Felix Frankfurter, A Symposium on Statutory Construction, Foreward,
  • This Court's November 21, 2000 judgment, construing conflicting provisions
  • of the Florida Election Code in disputes arising from the recent Presidential election,
  • was reviewed by the Supreme Court in Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing
  • this time to review the federal questions asserted to be present" (id., slip op.
  • STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
  • November 21, 2000 opinion.
  • circumscribing the legislature's authority under Art.
  • Court's opinion repeatedly referred to the Florida Election Code as the source of the
  • Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris, supra, slip op.
  • But there are many ways to play
  • THE COMMON LAW TRADITION 373 (emphasis in original).
  • More specifically, the judge is uniquely
  • the exercise of this competence

  • 20 . PALM BEACH ANSWER1

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COUNTY CANVASSING
    PALM BEACH COUNTY
    BEACH COUNTY
    COURT
    ELECTIONS
    FLORIDA
    CERTIFICATE
    FLA
    SUPERVISOR
    HARRIS
    LAW
    DCA
    STATUTES
    DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    APPELLEES
    THERESA LEPORE
    TRIAL COURT
    APPLICABLE LAW
    REVIEW
    RECOUNTING
    BROWARD COUNTY CANVASSING
    HOGAN
    CERT
    GRANTED SUB NOM
    BUSH
    MORSE
    DADE COUNTY CANVASSING
    CONFORMITY
    JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
    
                         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
                                      CASE NO. SC00-2431
    
    ALBERT GORE, JR., Nominee of the
    Democratic Party of the United States
    For President of the United States, et al.,
    
                  Appellants,
    
    v.
    
    KATHERINE HARRIS, as Secretary
    of State, State of Florida, et al.,
    
                  Appellees.
    __________________________________/
    
                                  BRIEF OF THE APPELLEES,
          CHARLES BURTON, CAROL ROBERTS, and THERESA LEPORE,
                      PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
                      and THERESA LEPORE, Supervisor of Elections
    
    
    LEONARD BERGER                                 BRUCE ROGOW
    Florida Bar No. 896055                         Florida Bar No. 067999
    ANDREW MCMAHON                                 BEVERLY A. POHL
    Florida Bar No. 814636                         Florida Bar No. 907250
    Palm Beach County                              Broward Financial Centre, Suite 1930
    301 North Olive Avenue - Suite 601             500 East Broward Boulevard
    West Palm Beach, Florida 33401                 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394
    (561) 355-2225                                 (954) 767-8909
    (561) 355-4398 (Facsimile)                     (954) 262-3834 (Facsimile)
    
    ATTORNEYS FOR PALM                             ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR.
    BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING                        Florida Bar No.  056153
    BOARD                                          1016 Clearwater Place
                                                   West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    
    
    
    ATTORNEYS FOR THERESA LEPORE,
    Supervisor of Elections
    
                        CERTIFICATE OF TYPE SIZE AND STYLE
    
           Undersigned counsel certifies that the type size and style used in this brief is
    
    14 point Times New Roman.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • CHARLES BURTON, CAROL ROBERTS, and THERESA LEPORE,
  • and THERESA LEPORE, Supervisor of Elections
  • CERTIFICATE OF TYPE SIZE AND STYLE
  • THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN RULING THAT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD COMPLIED
  • Broward County Canvassing Board v. Hogan, 607 So.2d 508, 510 (Fla.
  • 4th DCA 1992)
  • Florida Democratic Party v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board,
  • Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris, ___So.2d___, 2000 WL 1725434 (Fla.
  • 2000), cert.
  • granted sub nom., Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, Nov. 24, vacated and remanded
  • Orders of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida Democratic Party v. Palm
  • Elections acted in conformity with statutory law and orders of this Court and the
  • Statutes, the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board's responsibilities are generally
  • See Morse v. Dade County Canvassing Board,
  • regard to the remaining issues on appeal, therefore, Appellees take no position.

  • 21 . PALM BEACH ANSWER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COUNTY CANVASSING
    PALM BEACH COUNTY
    BEACH COUNTY
    COURT
    ELECTIONS
    FLORIDA
    CERTIFICATE
    FLA
    SUPERVISOR
    HARRIS
    LAW
    DCA
    STATUTES
    DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    APPELLEES
    THERESA LEPORE
    TRIAL COURT
    APPLICABLE LAW
    REVIEW
    RECOUNTING
    BROWARD COUNTY CANVASSING
    HOGAN
    CERT
    GRANTED SUB NOM
    BUSH
    MORSE
    DADE COUNTY CANVASSING
    CONFORMITY
    JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
    
                         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
    
                                      CASE NO. SC00-2431
    
    ALBERT GORE, JR., Nominee of the
    Democratic Party of the United States
    For President of the United States, et al.,
    
                  Appellants,
    
    v.
    
    KATHERINE HARRIS, as Secretary
    of State, State of Florida, et al.,
    
                  Appellees.
    __________________________________/
    
                                  BRIEF OF THE APPELLEES,
          CHARLES BURTON, CAROL ROBERTS, and THERESA LEPORE,
                      PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
                      and THERESA LEPORE, Supervisor of Elections
    
    
    LEONARD BERGER                                 BRUCE ROGOW
    Florida Bar No. 896055                         Florida Bar No. 067999
    ANDREW MCMAHON                                 BEVERLY A. POHL
    Florida Bar No. 814636                         Florida Bar No. 907250
    Palm Beach County                              Broward Financial Centre, Suite 1930
    301 North Olive Avenue - Suite 601             500 East Broward Boulevard
    West Palm Beach, Florida 33401                 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394
    (561) 355-2225                                 (954) 767-8909
    (561) 355-4398 (Facsimile)                     (954) 262-3834 (Facsimile)
    
    ATTORNEYS FOR PALM                             ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR.
    BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING                        Florida Bar No.  056153
    BOARD                                          1016 Clearwater Place
                                                   West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    
    
    
    ATTORNEYS FOR THERESA LEPORE,
    Supervisor of Elections
    
                        CERTIFICATE OF TYPE SIZE AND STYLE
    
           Undersigned counsel certifies that the type size and style used in this brief is
    
    14 point Times New Roman.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
  • CHARLES BURTON, CAROL ROBERTS, and THERESA LEPORE,
  • and THERESA LEPORE, Supervisor of Elections
  • CERTIFICATE OF TYPE SIZE AND STYLE
  • THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN RULING THAT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD COMPLIED
  • Broward County Canvassing Board v. Hogan, 607 So.2d 508, 510 (Fla.
  • 4th DCA 1992)
  • Florida Democratic Party v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board,
  • Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris, ___So.2d___, 2000 WL 1725434 (Fla.
  • 2000), cert.
  • granted sub nom., Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, Nov. 24, vacated and remanded
  • Orders of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida Democratic Party v. Palm
  • Elections acted in conformity with statutory law and orders of this Court and the
  • Statutes, the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board's responsibilities are generally
  • See Morse v. Dade County Canvassing Board,
  • regard to the remaining issues on appeal, therefore, Appellees take no position.

  • 22 . ORDOAAPPORTIONMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    NOS
    CANVASSING BOARD
    SUPREME COURT
    DCA
    CIRCUIT COURT
    FLORIDA
    PARTY
    RESPONDENTS/APPELLEES KATHERINE HARRIS
    ELECTIONS CANVASSING
    MOTION
    TIME APPORTIONMENT
    THOMAS
    HALL
    CLERK
    ERIC KLEINFELD
    ANDREW
    PINCUS
    RONALD
    KLAIN
    DAVID BOIES
    
            Supreme Court of Florida
                                               SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2000
    
    
    
    
    PALM BEACH COUNTY                vs.       KATHERINE HARRIS, ETC., ET AL.
    CANVASSING BOARD, ET AL.
                              Case No. SC00-2346
    
                                        ***
    
    VOLUSIA COUNTY                   vs.       KATHERINE HARRIS, ETC., ET AL.
    CANVASSING BOARD, ET AL.
                              Case No. SC00-2348
                              DCA Case Nos. 1D00-4467/1D00-4501
                              Circuit Court Case Nos. 00-2700/00-2717
    
                                         ***
    
    FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC               vs.       KATHERINE HARRIS, ETC., ET AL.
    PARTY
                              Case No. SC00-2349
                              DCA Case No. 1D00-4506
                              Circuit Court Case No. 00-2700/00-2717
    
    ___________________________________________________________________
    Petitioners/Appellants                     Respondents/Appellees
    
    
    
    Case Nos. SC00-2346, SC00-2348 & SC00-2349
    Page 2
    
    
    
          Respondents/Appellees Katherine Harris and the Elections Canvassing
    Commission's Motion to Modify Oral Argument Time Apportionment is hereby
    denied.
    
    
    A True Copy
    
      TEST:
    
    
    
    Thomas D. Hall
    Clerk, Supreme Court
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • CANVASSING BOARD, ET AL.
  • DCA Case Nos.
  • Circuit Court Case Nos.
  • PARTY
  • Respondents/Appellees Katherine Harris and the Elections Canvassing Commiss