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Gallagher v. Newsom
Closed
Gallagher v. Newsom, No. CVCS20-0000912 (Cal. Super. Ct., Sutter Cnty.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs challenge the Governor's Executive Orders which alter legislative acts defining "choices voters have with regard to voting and the places and manner of casting votes" and argue that this is an overreach of executive authority. | |
| Filed | 06/11/2020 | |
| State | California | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 02/04/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | In-Person Voting COVID Concern (Suspension of In-Person Voting) Authority To Act (State Separation of Powers) |
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| Complaint(s) | 06/11/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 06/12/2020: Order/Ruling, TRO Granted, court found challenged acts an impermissible use of executive power. | |
| 11/13/2020: Order/Ruling | ||
| 11/17/2020: Other | ||
Gallagher v. Newsom, No. C092070 (Cal. Ct. App. 3rd App. Dist.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs challenge the Governor's Executive Orders which alter legislative acts defining "choices voters have with regard to voting and the places and manner of casting votes" and argue that this is an overreach of executive authority. | |
| Filed | 06/15/2020 | |
| State | California | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 09/01/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | In-Person Voting COVID Concern (Suspension of In-Person Voting) Authority To Act (State Separation of Powers) |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 06/15/2020: Other, Notice of Appeal | |
| 07/10/2020: Order/Ruling, Reversed on procedural grounds that the expedited ex parte proceeding through which lower court had granted the requested relief was not warranted under the circumstances. | ||
