Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Skaggs v. Brunner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2010No. 09-4282PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
This is round two in a ballot-counting dispute arising from the 2008 elections in Franklin County, Ohio. In the first round, we held that the defendants could not remove the case from state court to federal court because each of the claims turned on state law and the parties all hailed from Ohio. Ohio ex rel. Skaggs v. Brunner, 549 F.3d 468 (6th Cir.2008). Today, we consider whether the defendants should pay attorney’s fees for improperly trying to remove the case. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c).
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Ohio law provides that a voter may cast a provisional ballot if the voter’s…
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