Legal Opinion
The State Ex Rel. Fockler Et Al. v. Husted
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 2017No. 2016-1863PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
{¶ 1} Relators, John Fockler, Kevin Knedler, M. Ann Leech, Scott Pettigrew, and Harold D. Thomas, are the members of the committee that nominated Gary Johnson and William Weld to appear on Ohio’s November 2016 ballot as independent candidates for president and vice president of the United States.1 After Johnson and Weld jointly received 3.17 percent of the total votes cast in Ohio for president and vice president, relators brought this mandamus action seeking to require respondent, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, to recognize relators as a political party under R.C. 3517.01.
{¶ 2} We…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jacobson v. Kaforey (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
- Libertarian Party Of Ohio v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- State ex rel. Husted v. BrunnerOhio Supreme Court · 2009
- Meeks v. PapadopulosOhio Supreme Court · 1980
- Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Jon HustedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State ex rel. Ohioans for Secure & Fair Elections v. LaRose (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2020
- State ex rel. O'Neill v. Athens Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2020
- A.S. v. J.W. (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2019
- State ex rel. Fockler v. HustedOhio Supreme Court · 2017