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J. Docherty denies the pillow magnate and his company's motion to reconsider an order on their earlier motion to compel, partially grants their separate motion to compel, and grants their motion to amend the scheduling order in the voting machine company's suit against them alleging that they made defamatory claims in disputing the results of the 2020 presidential election. The original ruling on the earlier motion to compel was not in error, and the motion for reconsideration is not properly before the court. The motion to compel is timely as to four of its requests for production, but not for two others, and of the four timely-challenged requests, the voting machine company must supplement its disclosures for one.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Docherty, Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 0:22cv98, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: elections, Defamation, discovery
J. Oxley quashes subpoenas issued to non-party legislators after the League of Latin American Citizens of Iowa challenged state election laws shortening voter registration time because the state constitution protects legislators from being compelled to produce documents when communications relate directly to the process of considering and enacting legislation.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 22–0401, Categories: elections, discovery
J. Smith compels certain testimony in a sprawling lawsuit stemming from the latest round of legislative redistricting in Texas, which the United States and private plaintiffs argue improperly diluted the votes of Latino voters in Texas. Texas lawmakers have asserted legislative privilege in this case in an effort to avoid turning over documents, and while this privilege is sometimes valid, lawmakers have in some cases "waived their privilege" by communicating with outside third parties.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Smith, Filed On: December 21, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv259, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: elections, discovery, Privilege
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J. Docherty partially grants the voting machine company's motion to compel and denies the pillow magnate and his company's motion to compel in a defamation suit brought by the voting machine company alleging that the magnate made a number of false public statements about the company's conduct in the 2020 election. The pillowmakers shall disclose electronic copies of all the programs in which the allegedly defamatory statements are alleged to have been distributed, along with information as to when and how the programs were released and republished. They need not create a log of communications between the pillowmakers and Donald Trump or a number of affiliated organizations, but any preexisting logs must be disclosed. The identities of any pillow-company employees involved in "creating and developing," but not using, promotional codes the magnate offered to the public alongside his statements, must be disclosed, along with revenue amounts from the promotional codes and deals identified by the voting machine company. They shall also explain the magnate's role as his company's CEO and chairman of its board, and shall supplement disclosures to clarify whether they are withholding documents based on an objection. Finally, they are not obligated to produce documents from a parallel lawsuit by a different voting-machine maker that relate only to that competitor, and the voting-machine company need not produce its election technology for the pillowmakers' inspection.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Docherty, Filed On: August 1, 2023, Case #: 0:22cv98, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: elections, Defamation, discovery
J. Rodriguez partially grants a motion by a civil rights group to compel the production of documents in a massive and ongoing legal dispute centered on the legal and constitutional validity of SB 1, a sweeping election security bill passed by the Texas legislature in 2021. While Texas may withhold some of the requested documents, in the case of others they have improperly asserted privilege or have already waived that privilege — for example, by sharing requested documents with third parties.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Rodriguez, Filed On: July 31, 2023, Case #: 5:21cv844, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, elections, discovery