Election law cases
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Key election law cases include the following (the number of "*" denotes the significance):
- Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
- Bognet v. Degraffenreid, 141 S. Ct. 2508 (2021)
- Bognet v. Sec’y of Pa., 980 F.3d 336 (3d Cir. 2020)
- Bost v. Ill. State Bd. of Elections, 75 F.4th 682 (7th Cir. 2023)
- Brnovich v. Democratic Nat’l Comm., 594 U.S. 647 (2021)
- Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134 (1972)
- Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
- Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
- Bush v. Palm Beach Cty. Canvassing Bd., 531 U.S. 70 (2000)
- California v. Texas, 593 U.S. 659 (2021)
- Carson v. Simon, 978 F.3d 1051 (8th Cir. 2020)
- Cook v. Gralike, 531 U.S. 510 (2001)
- Crawford v. Marion Cnty. El. Bd., 553 U.S. 181 (2008) (landmark decision upholding the constitutionality of voter identification requirements)
- Democratic Nat’l Comm. v. Wis. State Legis., 141 S. Ct. 28 (2020)
- Dep’t of Homeland Security v. New York, 140 S. Ct. 599 (2020)
- Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske, 488 F. Supp. 3d 993 (D. Nev. 2020)
- Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Way, Civil No. 20-10753, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196911 (D.N.J. Oct. 22, 2020)
- Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908)
- FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 596 U.S. 289 (2022) (finding legal standing and then ruling in favor of Sen. Ted Cruz on a limitation on raising money post-election to repay a candidate's personal loan to the campaign)
- Feehan v. Wis. Elections Comm’n, 506 F. Supp. 3d 596 (E.D. Wis. 2020)
- Foster v. Love, 522 U.S. 67 (1997) (relates to the issue of Election Day as one day)
- Haaland v. Brackeen, 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
- Hotze v. Hudspeth, 16 F.4th 1121 (5th Cir. 2021) (Oldham, J., dissenting) (“it’s hard to imagine anyone who has a more particularized injury than the candidate has”)
- Krislov v. Renour, 226 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2000)
- Lance v. Coffman, 549 U.S. 430 (2007)
- Libertarian Party of Ill. v. Scholz, 872 F.3d 518 (7th Cir. 2017)
- Lubin v. Panish, 415 U.S. 709 (1974)
- McPherson v. Blacker, 146 U.S. 1 (1892)
- Moore v. Ogilvie, 394 U.S. 814 (1969)
- N.Y. State Bd. of Elections v. Lopez Torres, 552 U.S. 196 (2008)
- Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1 (2006) (a per curiam shadow docket reversal of a Ninth Circuit last-minute injunction before an election)
- Republican Nat’l Comm. v. Burgess, No. 3:24-cv-00198-MMD-CLB, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126371 (D. Nev. July 17, 2024)
- Republican Nat’l Comm., et al., v. Wetzel, et al., No. 24-60395, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 27203 (5th Cir. Oct. 25, 2024)
- Republican Nat’l Comm. v. Wetzel, Nos. 24cv25, 24cv37, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132777 (S.D. Miss. July 28, 2024)
- Republican Party v. Boockvar, 141 S. Ct. 1 (2020)
- Republican Party v. Degraffenreid, 141 S. Ct. 732 (2021)
- Reschenthaler v. Schmidt, No. 1:24-CV-1671, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195920 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 29, 2024)
- Riley v. Kennedy, 553 U.S. 406 (2008)
- Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355 (1932)
- Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
- Tex. Democratic Party v. Benkiser, 459 F.3d 582 (5th Cir. 2006) (standing for the state Democrat Party to challenge a candidate’s removal, based on state law, from the ballot)
- TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
- Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Comm’n, 983 F.3d 919 (7th Cir. 2020)
- United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
- Wood v. Raffensperger, 981 F.3d 1307 (11th Cir. 2020)