Case: Fay v. Merrill

SC20477 | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: July 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 22, 2020

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Case Summary

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker.

According to their summary as of September 1, 2020,

Congressional candidates challenged the Sec. of State's implementation of no-excuse absentee voting due to COVID. Plaintiffs claim that neither the Sec. of State nor the Governor can change absentee voting rules, only legislature. Court held that original jurisdiction proceeding in the Supreme Court was not proper, as case should have been brought in Superior Court.

Summary Authors

Emma Brunel (2/18/2025)

People


Judge(s)

Moukawsher, Thomas G. (Connecticut)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Ciarleglio, Matthew A (Connecticut)

Das, Proloy K (Connecticut)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

SC20477

Petition and Complaint Pursuant to General Statutes Sections 9-323, 52-29, and 52-471

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

Complaint
HHD-CV20-6130532-S

HHD CV 20-6130532 S

Petition and Complaint Pursuant to General Statutes Sections 9-329a, 52-29, and 52-471

Fay v. Merrill (17868)

July 20, 2020

July 20, 2020

Complaint

SC20477

Order

July 20, 2020

July 20, 2020

Order/Opinion

HHD CV 20-6130532 S

Memorandum of Decision

July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020

Order/Opinion

SC 20486

Order

Aug. 6, 2020

Aug. 6, 2020

Order/Opinion

SC 20486

Supreme Court Decision

Connecticut state supreme court

Feb. 11, 2021

Feb. 11, 2021

Order/Opinion

Resources

Docket

Last updated Aug. 30, 2023, 1:38 p.m.

Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.

Case Details

State / Territory: Connecticut

Case Type(s):

Election/Voting Rights

Special Collection(s):

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)

Healthy Elections COVID litigation tracker

Key Dates

Filing Date: July 21, 2020

Closing Date: July 22, 2020

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

The Plaintiffs are Mary Fay, Thomas Gilmer, Justin Anderson and James Griffin, all electors and candidates for the United States Representative for the 1st, 2nd, 2nd, and 1st Congressional District in Connecticut, respectively.

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: No

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Connecticut State Government (Hartford), State

Defendant Type(s):

Jurisdiction-wide

Case Details

Causes of Action:

State law

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Non-settlement Outcome

Any published opinion

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Defendant

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Declaratory Judgment

Source of Relief:

Litigation

Content of Injunction:

Voting Process Changes

Order Duration: 2020 - 2020

Issues

COVID-19:

Population-Medically vulnerable

Voting:

Election administration

Voter registration rules

Voting: General & Misc.

Voting: Physical/Effective Access