TRUMP v. WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COM'N

No. 20-3414.

983 F.3d 919 (2020)

Donald J. TRUMP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bock, III , James A. Knauer , Kevin D. Koons , Attorneys, KROGER, GARDIS & REGAS, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas C. Bellavia , Corey F. Finkelmeyer , Gabe Johnson-Karp , Steven C. Kilpatrick , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, Colin Thomas Roth , Attorney, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Special Litigation and Appeals, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION.

James Cirincione , Andrew A. Jones , Andrew John Kramer , John Weber McCauley , Attorneys, HANSEN REYNOLDS LLC, Milwaukee, WI, Margaret Daun , Attorney, MILWAUKEE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Milwaukee, WI, Maxted Michael Lenz , Attorney, GODFREY & KAHN S.C., Madison, WI, for Defendant Appellee GEORGE L. CHRISTENSON.

Kathryn Z. Block , Elleny B. Christopoulos , Patrick Joseph McClain , Tearman Spencer , Julie P. Wilson , Attorneys, Tyrone M. St. Junior, II , MILWAUKEE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Milwaukee, WI, Scott F. Brown , James M. Carroll , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee CLAIRE WOODALL-VOGG.

James E. Bartzen , Barry Blonien , Michael P. May , Attorneys, BOARDMAN & CLARK LLP, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee SATYA RHODES-CONWAY.

Daniel P. Bach , Attorney, LAWTON & CATES, S.C., Jefferson, WI, Dixon Gahnz , Daniel Spector Lenz , Terrence Polich, Esq. , Attorneys, LAWTON & CATES SC, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee CORY MASON.

Davida Brook , Attorney, SUSMAN GODFREY, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey A. Mandell , Richard Manthe , Attorneys, STAFFORD ROSENBAUM LLP, Madison, WI, Stephen Morrissey , Attorney, SUSMAN GODFREY LLP, Seattle, WA, Justin A. Nelson , Attorney, SUSMAN GODFREY, Houston, TX, Stephen Shackelford, Jr. , Attorney, SUSMAN GODFREY LLP, New York, NY, Paul March Smith , Attorney, CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, Washington, DC, Rachel Elizabeth Snyder , Attorney, STAFFORD ROSENBAUM LLP, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee TONY EVERS.

Kristen Clarke , Jacob Conarck , Ezra D. Rosenberg , Ajay Saini , Ryan Snow , Jon M. Greenbaum , Attorneys, LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, DC, Joseph S. Goode , John W. Halpin, Esq. , Allison E. Laffey , Mark Matthew Leitner, Esq. , Attorneys, LAFFEY, LEITNER & GOODE, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee. WISCONSIN STATE CONFERENCE NAACP.

Christopher Bouchoux , Charles Bridge , Joseph J. Yu , Attorneys, WILMER HALE LLP, New York, NY, Will McDonell Conley , Charles G. Curtis, Jr. , Sopen B. Shah , Michelle Marie Umberger , Attorneys, PERKINS COIE LLP, Madison, WI, John Devaney , Marc E. Elias , Zachary Newkirk , Attorneys, PERKINS COIE LLP, Washington, DC, Jamie Dycus , David S. Lesser , Swapna Maruri , Attorneys, WILMER HALE LLP, New York, NY, Matthew W. O'Neill , Attorney, FOX, O'NEILL & SHANNON, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Seth P. Waxman , Attorney, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Joshua Adam Matz , Michael Skocpol , Attorneys, KAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLP, New York, NY, Kendall W. Harrison , Mike B. Wittenwyler , Attorneys, GODFREY & KAHN S.C., Madison, WI, for Amicus Curiae CENTER FOR TECH AND CIVIC LIFE.

Richard D. Bernstein , Attorney, Washington, DC, Nancy A. Temple , Attorney, KATTEN & TEMPLE LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae CHRISTINE T. WHITMAN.

Before Flaum, Rovner, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Two days after Wisconsin certified the results of its 2020 election, President Donald J. Trump invoked the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution and sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Governor, Secretary of State, and several local officials in federal court. The district court concluded that the President's challenges...

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