CARTER v. CHAPMAN

No. 7 MM 2022.

273 A.3d 499 (2022)

Carol Ann CARTER, Monica Parrilla, Rebecca Poyourow, William Tung, Roseanne Milazzo, Burt Siegel, Susan Cassanelli, Lee Cassanelli, Lynn Wachman, Michael Guttman, Maya Fonkeu, Brady Hill, Mary Ellen Balchunis, Tom Dewall, Stephanie Mcnulty and Janet Temin, Petitioners v. Leigh M. CHAPMAN, in her official capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in her official capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries, Respondents Philip T. Gressman; Ron Y. Donagi; Kristopher R. Tapp; Pamela Gorkin; David P. Marsh; James L. Rosenberger; Amy Myers; Eugene Boman; Gary Gordon; Liz Mcmahon; Timothy G. Feeman; and Garth Isaak, Petitioners v. Leigh M. Chapman, in her official capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in her official capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Jay Black, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Benjamin David Geffen, Esq. , Public Interest Law Center (The), for Amicus Curiae Khalif Ali.

Adam Craig Bonin, Esq. , The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin, for Amicus Curiae Charlene David.

Thomas E. Breth, Esq. , Jordan Peter Shuber, Esq. , Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP, for Amicus Curiae Leslie Osche, et al. (Citizen-Voter).

Christopher D. Carusone, Esq. , Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, PC, for Amici Curiae Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce and Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Michael Coard, Esq. , for Amici Curiae Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity and NAACP Philadelphia Branch.

Kathleen A. Gallagher, Esq. , Russell David Giancola, Esq. , Gallagher Giancola LLC, for Amicus Curiae Haroon Bashir, Valerie Biancaniello, Tegwyn Hughes, and Jeffrey Wenk.

Brian Anthony Gordon, Esq. , Gordon & Ashworth, P.C., for Amicus Curiae Concerned Citizens for Democracy.

Sean Michael Gresh, Esq. , Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, for Amicus Curiae Michael Brill.

John P. Lavelle Jr., Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Joseph Amodei, et al.

James McCune, Esq. , Bowles Rice LLP, for Amicus Curiae Diana Irey Vaughn, et al.

Mary M. McKenzie, Esq. , Public Interest Law Center (The), Andrew Michael Rocco, Esq. , Dechert LLP, for Amicus Curiae Khalif Ali, et al.

Michael Wu-Kung Pfautz, Esq. City of Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Jonathan Franklin Mitchell, Esq. , Mitchell Law PLLC, Walter S. Zimolong III, Esq. , Zimolong LLC, for Daniels, Teddy, Possible Intervenor.

Bernard T. Kozykowski Jr. , for Amicus Curiae Kozykowski, Bernard T., Jr.

Jessica Amunson, Esq. , Lindsay Harrison, Esq. , Sam Hirsch, Esq. , Tassity Johnson, Esq. , Claire Lally, Esq. , April Otterberg, Esq. , Jenner & Block LLP, Devin Michael Misour, Esq. , Kim M. Watterson, Esq. , for Petitioner Philip T. Gressman, et al.

Robert Joseph Clark, Esq. , Paul Keller Ort, Esq. , Marcel S. Pratt, Esq. , Edward David Rogers, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LLP, Raisa M. Cramer, Esq. , Christina A. Ford, Esq. , Jyoti Jasrasaria, Esq. , Abha Khanna, Esq. , Joseph N. Posimato, Esq. , Lalith D. Madduri, Esq. , Elias Law Group LLC, Matthew P. Gordon, Esq. , Perkins Coie, LLP, Shannon Elise McClure, Esq. , Michael R. McDonald, Esq. , for Petitioner Carol Ann Carter, et al.

Marco Santino Attisano, Esq. , Flannery Georgalis, LLC, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Daniel Thomas Brier, Esq. , Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, for Respondent McClinton, Joanna.

Jeffry William Duffy, Esq. , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, for Respondents Cutler, Bryan and Benninghoff, Kerry.

Caleb Curtis Enerson, Esq. , John Brent Hill, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, 16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA., for Respondents Mathis, Jessica and Chapman, Leigh M.

Kevin Michael Greenberg, Esq. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq. , for Respondent Guy Reschenthaler, Jeffrey Varner, Tom Marino, Ryan Costello, Bud Shuster (Congressional Intervenor).

Anthony Richard Holtzman, Esq. , Jonathan Richard Vaitl, Esq. , K & L Gates LLP, for Respondents Corman, Jake and Ward, Kim.

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of State, for Respondent Bureau of Elections.

Clifford B. Levine, Esq. , Dentons Cohen Grigsby, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Patrick T. Lewis, Esq. , James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Robert J. Tucker, Esq. , for Respondents Cutler, Bryan and Benninghoff, Kerry.

Dimitrios Mavroudis, Esq. , Caroline Layne Rice, Esq. , Robert Andrew Wiygul, Esq. , Robert Andrew Wiygul, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Jessica Ann Rickabaugh, Esq. , Joe H. Tucker Jr., Esq. , Tucker Law Group, LLC, for Respondents Wolf, Tom, Mathis, Jessica, and Chapman, Leigh M.

Anthony Michael Pratt, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Matthew S. Salkowski, Esq. , Lam Dang Truong, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, David Samuel Senoff, Esq. , for Respondent McClinton, Joanna.

Emma Frances Elizabeth Shoucair, Esq. , Dentons Cohen & Grigsby PC, Corrie Allen Woods, Esq. , Woods Law Offices PLLC, for Respondent Jay Costa, et al. & Senate Democratic Caucus.

Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Esq. , Joshua John Voss, Esq. , Kleinbard LLC, Samantha G. Zimmer, Esq. , for Respondent Guy Reschenthaler, Jeffrey Varner, Tom Marino, Ryan Costello, Bud Shuster (Congressional Intervenor).


ORDER

AND NOW, this 23rd day of February, 2022, this Court, following full deliberation and consideration, hereby orders as follows:

First, the Pennsylvania primary and general elections for seats in the United States House of Representatives commencing...

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