This is a list of the election cases still active at SCOTUS. Thanks to SLQ at the Fogbow for adding one I missed. There may be more but this is what I could find yesterday. Three are appeals from state supreme courts. Four are appeals from federal circuit courts.
The only case that might be heard is 20-542. That is the one on the three day extension for receiving mail in ballots in Pennsylvania. Justice Alito issued an order to kept such ballots separated in case plaintiffs prevail. This case will not change the outcome in Pennsylvania.
A link to the docket for each case is provided. If I missed any cases please provide the case number in a comment.
Update January 19, 2021:
Thanks to Marc Elias. I added 20-816, which is the last of the Georgia Kraken cases.
Update February 22, 2021:
The court denied all the remaining petitions except case number 20-883 which is scheduled for conference on March 5. It is an appeal from a case file by Donald Trump against the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Four cases from Pennsylvania were combined and denied with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissenting.
Updated March 1, 2021:
I added two more Kraken cases one in Arizona and one in Wisconsin that I had missed. Both were denied in the order published today.
Case Number | Description/Activity |
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20-542 | Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Whether PA Supreme Court erred in allowing votes received up to three days after election day to count | |
Fully briefed. Distributed for conference 1/15. Updated: Now distributed for conference on 2/19. Updated 2/22 Certiorari denied | |
20-574 | Jake Corman, et al., Petitioners v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. |
Appeal from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania filed by Republicans in the Pennsylvania Legislature. Whether PA Supreme Court erred in allowing votes received up to three days after election day to count 2/22 Certiorari denied | |
20-740 | Jim Bognet, et al., Petitioners v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Similar case on 3 day extension except began in federal district court. Appeal from Third Circuit. Distributed for conference on 1/15 Updated 2/22 Certiorari denied. | |
20-799 | L. Lin Wood, Jr., Petitioner v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. |
Appeal from the Eleventh Circuit. December 8th: Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 11, 2021) No response or waiver docketed yet. Updated 1/27: The case is distributed for conference on 2/19. Updated 2/22: Certorari Denied | |
20-809 | Kelli Ward, Petitioner v. Constance Jackson, et al. |
Appeal from Supreme Court of Arizona. Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021) No response or waiver on docket. Motion to expedite denied on January 11. Update on 1/27: Distributed for conference on 2/19. Updated 2/22: Certiorari Denied | |
20-815 | Timothy King, et al., Petitioners v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Appeal from Sixth Circuit. December 11: Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due January 14, 2021). Responses from Gov. Whitmer and City of Detroit filed on January 14. Updated 2/3: Distributed for conference on 2/19. Updated 2/22: Certiorari Denied | |
20-816 | In Re Coreco Ja’Qan Pearson, et al., Petitioners |
Filed December 11th. Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 14, 2021) January 11th: Motion to expedite denied. January 19th: Joint Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal of Coreco Ja’Qan Pearson, et al. submitted. This one is dead. Updated 2/19/2021: Case dismissed on 2/11/2021 under Rule 46 (Voluntary dismissal by all parties involved). | |
20-845 | Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Petitioner v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Appeal from Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on whether PA Supreme Court erred in allowing votes received up to three days after election day to count. Docketed 12/23. Response due 1/22/2021. 1/14/2021 Waiver of right to respond filed by Kathy Boockvar Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1/27/2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021. 2/22/2021 Petition Denied | |
20-848 | In Re Tyler Bowyer, et al., Petitioners |
Arizona Kraken case. Petition for writ of mandamus. Docketed 12/29 Updated 3/1/2021 Petition denied. | |
20-849 | In Re William Feehan, Petitioner |
Wisconsin Kraken case. Petition for writ of mandamus. Docketed 12/29 Updated 3/1/2021 Petition denied. | |
20-882 | Donald J. Trump, et al., Petitioners v. Joseph R. Biden, et al. |
Appeal from Supreme Court of Wisconsin. December 29: Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2021). Motion to Expedite denied January 11. January 15: Waiver of Joseph R. Biden, et al. of right to respond submitted. Updated 1/25: Distributed for conference on 2/19. Updated 2/22: Certiorari Denied | |
20-883 | Donald J. Trump, Petitioner v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. |
Appeal from the Seventh Circuit. December 30: Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2021). January 15: Waiver of Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. of right to respond submitted. Update: The DNC and other members of the WEC waived their rights to respond this week, aka the kiss of death. Updated 2/9/2021. Trump’s attorneys filed a supplemental brief claiming that some issues in the case are not moot after Biden’s Inauguration. They are obviously trying to head off a dismissal of the case on mootness. Updated 2/19/2021: Distributed for conference on 3/5/2021 |
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