FRANKEN v. PAWLENTY

No. A09-64.

762 N.W.2d 558 (2009)

Al FRANKEN, Petitioner, v. Timothy PAWLENTY, as Governor, and Mark Ritchie, as Secretary of State, Respondents, and Norm Coleman, Intervenor-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Lillehaug, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Marc E. Elias, Kevin J. Hamilton, David J. Burman, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Alan I. Gilbert, Solicitor General, Christie B. Eller, Deputy Attorney General, Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondents.

Joseph S. Friedberg, Joseph S. Friedberg Chartered, Minneapolis, MN; James K. Langdon, John Rock, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Tony P. Trimble, Matthew W. Haapoja, Trimble & Associates, Ltd., Minnetonka, MN, Frederic W. Knaak, Knaak & Kantrud, P.A., Vadnais Heights, MN, for intervenor-respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This matter is before our court on a petition of Al Franken brought under Minn.Stat. § 204B.44 (2008). The petition seeks an order requiring respondents, Governor Timothy Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, to promptly prepare and countersign a certificate of election and deliver the certificate to the Secretary of the United States Senate, without awaiting the conclusion of...

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