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COLEMAN v. RITCHIE

No. A08-2169.

762 N.W.2d 218 (2009)

Norm COLEMAN, et al., Petitioners, v. Mark RITCHIE, Minnesota Secretary of State, The Minnesota State Canvassing Board, Isanti County Canvassing Board, et al., Respondents, Al Franken for Senate and Al Franken, Intervenor-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger J. Magnuson, James K. Langdon, John Rock, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Tony P. Trimble, Matthew W. Haapoja, Trimble & Associates, Ltd., Minnetonka, Minnesota, for petitioners.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Christie B. Eller, Deputy Attorney General, Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota, for respondents Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State, and the Minnesota State Canvassing Board.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Patrick C. Diamond, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent Hennepin County Canvassing Board.

William Z. Pentelovitch, Mary Vasaly, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; David L. Lillehaug, Steven Z. Kaplan, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Marc E. Elias, Kevin J. Hamilton, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-respondents.

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Petitioners Norm Coleman, Cullen Sheehan, and Cara Beth Lindell filed a petition and an amended petition pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 204B.44 (2008) concerning the November 4, 2008, election for United States Senator from the State of Minnesota. Petitioners asked the court to order, among other things, that no rejected absentee ballots be counted in the administrative recount then underway and that all issues related to such ballots...

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