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In Re Contest of General Election

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 30, 2009No. A09-697Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

Appellants, incumbent Republican United States Senator Norm Coleman and Cullen Sheehan, filed a notice of election contest under Minn.Stat. § 209.021 (2008), challenging the State Canvassing Board’s certification that Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger Al Franken was entitled to receive a certificate of election as United States Senator following the November 4, 2008 general election. After a trial, the three-judge trial court we appointed to hear the election contest issued its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order for judgment, concluding that Franken received 312 more…

3Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Collins v. City of Harker HeightsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Bush v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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