Case: Fay v. Merrill

SC20477 | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

Clearinghouse coding in progress

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.

People


Judge(s)

Moukawsher, Thomas G. (Connecticut)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Ciarleglio, Matthew A (Connecticut)

Das, Proloy K (Connecticut)

Judge(s)

Moukawsher, Thomas G. (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

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

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: 2020

Case Ongoing: Yes