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Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A19-1994 · judgment June 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

In the context of Minnesota's taxpayer-funded, stateadministered, and binding presidential nomination primary election, are Minnesota Statues repugnant to the First and Fourteenth Amendments when their operation fails to present all party-chosen candidates from appearing on the ballot in the same manner?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Erick G. Kaardal
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.

For respondent
Angela Behrens
Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 26 2021
    Reply of petitioners Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jan 13 2021
    Brief of respondent Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon in opposition filed. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 14 2020
    Response Requested. (Due January 13, 2021)
  6. Dec 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  7. Nov 17 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to respond filed.
  8. Oct 28 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)