NELSON v. DEAN

No. 4:07cv427-RH/WCS.

528 F.Supp.2d 1271 (2007)

Bill NELSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Howard DEAN et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

December 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Meyer, Meyer & Brooks, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Jeffrey B. Crockett, Kendall Coffey, Coffey Burlington, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas Andrew Range, Katz, Kutter, Alderman, etc., Lynn Colby Hearn, Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROBERT L. HINKLE, Chief Judge.

The issue is whether the Democratic national convention must seat Florida delegates chosen on the basis of a binding state primary conducted in open defiance of the national party's scheduling rules. The answer is no. The decision whether to adopt a schedule (at least if not wholly unreasonable) rests with the national party, not with a single state...

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