U.S. District Court
USDC District of Columbia (Washington)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 02-CV-582
MCCONNELL, et al v. FEC, et al
Filed: 03/27/02
Assigned to: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Hen
Judge Richard J. Leon
Referred to: Three Judge Panel
Demand: $0,000
Nature of Suit: 441
Lead Docket: None
Jurisdiction: US Defendant
Dkt# in other court: None
Cause: 02:437 Federal Election Commission
Case type: 1. civil 2. null
MITCH MCCONNELL, Senator
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
FTS 879-5130
202-879-5200 FAX
[COR LD NTC ret]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS
655 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
AREA CODE (202)
v.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Richard
Blair Bader
federal defendant
FTS 219-3690
4th Floor
[COR LD NTC gvt]
Stephen E. Hershkowitz
FTS 694-1650
202-219-0260 FAX
[COR LD NTC gvt]
Lawrence Howard Norton
FTS 694-1650
[COR LD NTC gvt]
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463
AREA CODE (202)
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
James Jordan Gilligan
COMMISSION
FTS 514-3358
federal defendant
202-616-8460 FAX
[COR LD NTC gvt]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
P.O. Box 883
Washington, DC 20044
AREA CODE (202)
JOHN MCCAIN, Senator
Seth Paul Waxman
movant
FTS 663-6000
[COR LD NTC ret]
WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING
2445 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
AREA CODE (202)
RUSSELL FEINGOLD, Senator
Seth Paul Waxman
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS,
Seth Paul Waxman
Representative
(See above)
movant
[COR LD NTC ret]
MARTIN MEEHAN, Representative Seth Paul Waxman
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
OLYMPIA SNOWE, Senator
Seth Paul Waxman
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
JAMES JEFFORDS, Senator
Seth Paul Waxman
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
BOB BARR, Representative
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
FTS 879-5130
202-879-5200 FAX
[COR LD NTC ret]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS
655 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
AREA CODE (202)
MIKE PENCE, Representative
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
BILL PRYOR, Alabama Attorney Kenneth
W Starr
General
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE Kenneth W Starr
INC
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE Kenneth
W Starr
COMMITTEE, As governing body (See above)
for the Alabama Republican
[COR LD NTC ret]
Party
plaintiff
LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ILLINOIS Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
DUPAGE POLITICAL ACTION
Kenneth W Starr
COUNSIL
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN Kenneth
W Starr
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND
Kenneth W Starr
CONTRACTORS, INC.
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
CHRISTIAN COALITION OF AMERICA, Kenneth W Starr
INC.
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
CLUB FOR GROWTH
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
INDIANA FAMILY INSTITUTE
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
Kenneth W Starr
COMMITTEE INC
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
Kenneth W Starr
COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL TRUST (See
above)
FUND
[COR LD NTC ret]
plaintiff
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
Kenneth W Starr
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
60 PLUS ASSOCIATION
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
SOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION, Kenneth W Starr
INC.
(See above)
plaintiff
[COR LD NTC ret]
U.S.
Kenneth W Starr
dba
(See above)
PROENGLISH
[COR LD NTC ret]
plaintiff
MARTIN CONNORS
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
THOMAS E. MCINERNEY
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
BARRET AUSTIN O'BROCK
Kenneth W Starr
plaintiff
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
TREVOR M. SOUTHERLAND
Heidi K. Abegg
plaintiff
FTS 785-9500
202-835-0243 FAX
Suite 1000
[COR LD NTC ret]
WEBSTER, CHAMBERLAIN & BEAN
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
AREA CODE (202)
Kenneth W Starr
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
JOHN MCCAIN, Senator
Roger Michael Witten
movant
FTS 663-6170
202-663-6363 FAX
[COR LD NTC ret]
WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING
2445 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
AREA CODE (202)
RUSSELL FEINGOLD, Senator
Roger Michael Witten
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
CHRISTOPER SHAYS,
Roger Michael Witten
Representative
(See above)
movant
[COR LD NTC ret]
MARTIN MEEHAN, Representative Roger Michael
Witten
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
OLYMPIA SNOWE, Senator
Roger Michael Witten
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
JAMES JEFFORDS, Senator
Roger Michael Witten
movant
(See above)
[COR LD NTC ret]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Terry M. Henry
movant
FTS 514-4107
202-616-8202 FAX
[COR LD NTC gvt]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Civil Division
901 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20044
AREA CODE (202)
DOCKET PROCEEDINGS
DATE #
DOCKET ENTRY
3/27/02 1 COMPLAINT filed
by plaintiff MITCH MCCONNELL (nmr)
[Entry date 03/28/02] [1:02cv582]
3/27/02 -- SUMMONS (2) issued to
federal party(s) federal defendants
FEC, FCC. (nmr) [Entry date 03/28/02] [1:02cv582]
3/27/02 2 APPLICATION by plaintiff
MITCH MCCONNELL for Three-Judge
Court (nmr) [Entry date 03/28/02] [1:02cv582]
3/27/02 -- SUMMONS (2) issued to
non-parties: U.S. Attorney and U.S.
Attorney General. (nmr) [Entry date 03/28/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/2/02 3 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT
of summons and complaint
executed upon U.S. Attorney General on 4/1/02 (nmr)
[Entry date 04/03/02] [1:02cv582]
4/2/02 4 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT
of summons and complaint
executed on 4/1/02 upon federal defendant FEC, federal
defendant FCC (nmr) [Entry date 04/03/02] [1:02cv582]
4/2/02 5 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT
of summons and complaint
executed upon U.S. Attorney on 4/1/02 (nmr)
[Entry date 04/03/02] [1:02cv582]
4/2/02 6 MOTION filed
for JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD,
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, MARTIN MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES
JEFFORDS to intervene as defendants; Declarations (6);
EXHIBIT (ANSWER) (nmr) [Entry date 04/03/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/9/02 7 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
for federal defendant FEC by Lawrence
Howard Norton, Richard Blair Bader, Stephen E. Hershkowitz
(nmr) [Entry date 04/10/02] [1:02cv582]
4/12/02 15 AMENDED COMPLAINT by
plaintiff MITCH MCCONNELL adding
plaintiffs BOB BARR, MIKE PENCE, BILL PRYOR, LIBERTARIAN
NATL, AL REPUBLICAN EXEC, LIBERTARIAN PARTY/IL, DUPAGE
POLITICAL JEFFERSON CTY REP, AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES,
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, CENTER/IND FREEDOM, CHRISTIAN
COAL/AMER, CLUB FOR GROWTH, IN FAMILY INSTITUTE, NATL RIGHT
TO LIFE, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE, 60 PLUS
ASSOCIATION, SE LEGAL FDN INC, U.S., MARTIN CONNORS, THOMAS
E. MCINERNEY, BARRET AUSTIN O'BROCK, TREVOR M. SOUTHERLAND,
and amending complaint [1-1]. (nmr) [Entry date 04/17/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/16/02 8 ORDER
by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Three-Judge Court [2-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL (N) (dot)
[1:02cv582]
4/16/02 -- CASE REASSIGNED from
Judge Leon to Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly (rje) [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 9 COPY of Order filed
in USCA dated 4/16/02 designating
Circuit Judge Henderson and District Judge Leon to serve
with District Judge Kollar-Kotelly to hear and determine
this case. (gt) [Edit date 04/16/02] [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 -- CASE ASSIGNED to
Three Judge Panel consisting of:
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Circuit Judge Karen
L. Henderson and District Judge Richard J. Leon . (gt)
[1:02cv582]
4/16/02 10 REQUEST by JUDGE COLLEEN
KOLLAR-KOTELLY for designation
for Three-Judge Court (dot) [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 11 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly :that counsel for
the parties in all three cases shall attend a status
hearing set for 4:00 4/23/02, in the Court of Appeals
Courtroom, Fifth Floor, E. Barrett Prettyman United States
Courthouse to address various procedural matters in this
case, including, but not limited to, provisions for
intervention; whether to consolidate all separately filed
challenges to the Act; the need for and scheduling of
discovery, if any; and a proposed schedule for the filing
of dispositive motions (and in particular cross-motions for
summary judgment). That to facilitate the conference,
counsel for the parties in all three cases are to meet aand
confer, and reach agreement to the extent possible, on the
above mentioned issues; and no later than 12:00 p.m.
Monday, April 22, 2002, counsel in all three cases shall
file in the District Court for the District of Columbia a
brief report setting forth any joint proposals, with a copy
delivered to the chambers of each judge of the three-judge
court, bearing in mind the effective date of the Act and
the mandate in section 403 of the Act that: "It shall be
the duty of the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United
States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the
greatest possible extent the disposition of the action and
appeal." A scheduling order shall issue immediately
thereafter. (N) (dot) [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 12 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
for federal defendant FCC by James
Jordan Gilligan (mpt) [Entry date 04/17/02] [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 13 RESPONSE by federal defendant
FCC to motion for JOHN
MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, MARTIN MEEHAN,
OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to intervene as defendants
[6-1] (mpt) [Entry date 04/17/02] [1:02cv582]
4/16/02 14 RESPONSE by plaintiff
MITCH MCCONNELL in opposition to
motion for JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPHER
SHAYS, MARTIN MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to
intervene as defendants [6-1] . (mpt) [Entry date 04/17/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/18/02 16 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for
plaintiff TREVOR M. SOUTHERLAND by
Heidi K. Abegg (nmr) [Entry date 04/19/02] [1:02cv582]
4/19/02 17 MOTION filed by plaintiff
MITCH MCCONNELL for Susan
Buckley to appear pro hac vice ( Cahill Gordon & Reindel 80
Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, (212)701-3000) (bcs)
[Entry date 04/23/02] [1:02cv582]
4/19/02 18 MOTION filed by plaintiff
MITCH MCCONNELL for Floyd Abrams
to appear pro hac vice ( Cahill Gordon & Reindel 80 Pine
Street, New York, New York 10005, (212)701-3000) (bcs)
[Entry date 04/23/02] [1:02cv582]
4/22/02 19 STATUS REPORT by plaintiffs
and proposed schedule (bcs)
[Entry date 04/24/02] [Edit date 04/24/02] [1:02cv582]
4/22/02 20 MOTION filed by plaintiffs
for James Bopp, Jr. to appear
pro hac vice ( Bopp Coleson & Bostrom 1 South Sixth Street,
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807, (812)232-2434); affdavit (1)
(bcs) [Entry date 04/24/02] [Edit date 04/24/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/22/02 21 MOTION filed by plaintiffs
for Richard E. Coleson to
appear pro hac vice ( Bopp Coleson & Bostrom 1 South Sixth
Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807, (812)232-2434);
affdavit (1) (bcs) [Entry date 04/24/02] [1:02cv582]
4/22/02 22 REPLY by movant to response
in opposition to motion for
JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, MARTIN
MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to intervene as
defendants [6-1] (bcs) [Entry date 04/24/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/22/02 39 REPORT on scheduling
and prodecural conference (cdw)
[Entry date 05/01/02] [1:02cv582]
4/23/02 23 RESPONSE by federal defendant
FEC to motion for JOHN
MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, MARTIN MEEHAN,
OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to intervene as defendants
[6-1] (rje) [Entry date 04/24/02] [1:02cv582]
4/24/02 -- AS OF 4/24/02 ALL DOCKET
ENTRIES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LEAD
CASE 02-582 (cjp) [1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633 1:02cv751
1:02cv753 1:02cv754 1:02cv781]
4/24/02 24 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : consolidating
cases 02-582, 02-581, 02-633, 02-751, 02-753, 02-754, and
02-781 (N) (cjp) [1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633 1:02cv751
1:02cv753 1:02cv754 1:02cv781]
4/24/02 25 SCHEDULING ORDER by Judge
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Judge
Karen LeCraft Henderson, Judge Richard J. Leon; 4/24/02
Begin general discovery; 5/7/02 Deadline for amendment of
pleadings, intervention or joinder of additional parties
and consolidation of addional cases; 5/27/02 Deadline for
filing answers; 8/26/02; Deadline for service of document
requests interrogatories and requests to admit; 9/18/02
Deadline for service of deposition notices; 9/30/02 End
Discovery; 10/4/02 Begin period for cross-examination of
fact and expert witnesses; 10/14/02 Deadline to serve
rebuttal affidavits, expert reports and documentary
evidence; 10/25/02 End period for cross-examination of fact
and expert witnesses; 11/4/02 Deadline for filing of
opening briefs in support of judgment, accompanied by fact
witness and expert testimony and documentary evidence;
11/18/02 Deadline for filing opposition briefs; 11/25/02
Deadline for filing reply briefs; 12/4/02 oral argument
discovery closes 9/30/02; Oral argument set for 12/4/02 ;
(N) (dam) [1:02cv582]
4/24/02 34 MOTION (UNOPPOSED) filed
by plaintiff MITCH MCCONNELL in
1:02-cv-00582 to recaption cases (cdw) [Entry date 04/29/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/25/02 26 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Richard E. Coleson to appear pro hac vice ( Bopp
Coleson & Bostrom 1 South Sixth Street, Terre Haute,
Indiana 47807, (812)232-2434) [21-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL on
behalf of plaintiffs Representative Mike Pence, Alabama
Attorney General Bill Pryor, Libertarian National
Committee, Inc., Alabama Republican Executive Committee as
governming body for the Alabama Republican Party,
Libertarian Party of Illinois, DuPage Political Action
Council, Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee,
Christian Coalition of America, Inc., Club for Growth,
Indiana Family Institute, National Right to Life Committee,
Inc., National Right to Life Education Trust Fund, National
Right to Life Political Action Committee, Martin J.
Connors, Barret Austin O'Brock, and Trevor M. Southerland.
Contingent on certifying that he is familiar with the Local
Rules of this Court. (N) (dot) [1:02cv582]
4/25/02 27 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Floyd Abrams to appear pro hac vice ( Cahill Gordon &
Reindel 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005,
(212)701-3000) [18-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL (N) (dot)
[1:02cv582]
4/25/02 28 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Susan Buckley to appear pro hac vice ( Cahill Gordon &
Reindel 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005,
(212)701-3000) [17-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL (N) (dot)
[1:02cv582]
4/25/02 29 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for James Bopp, Jr. to appear pro hac vice ( Bopp Coleson &
Bostrom 1 South Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807,
(812)232-2434) [20-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL in the
above-captioned cause pro hac vice on behalf of the
plaintiffs Senator McConnell, Representative Mike Pence,
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, Libertarian National
Committee, Inc., Alabama Republican Executive Committee as
governing body for the Alabama Republican Party,
Libertarian Party, Libertarian of Illinois, DuPage
Political Action Council, Jefferson County Republican
Executive Committee, Christian Coalition of America, Inc.,
Club for Growth, Indiana Family Institute, National Right
to Life Political Action Committee, Martin J. Connors,
Barret Austin O'Brock, and Trevor M. Southerland.
Contingent on certifying that he is familiar with the Local
Rule of this Court. (N) (dot) [1:02cv582]
4/25/02 30 MOTION filed by plaintiff
MITCH MCCONNELL in 1:02-cv-00582
for Kathleen M. Sullivan to appear pro hac vice ( 559
Nathan Abbott Way , Stanford, CA 94305-8610,
(650)725-9875) (bcs) [Entry date 04/29/02] [1:02cv582]
4/26/02 31 MOTION filed by plaintiff
AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES in
1:02-cv-00582 for Mark J. Lopez to appear pro hac vice (
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street,
New York, NY 10004, (212)549-2608) (bcs)
[Entry date 04/29/02] [1:02cv582]
4/26/02 32 MOTION filed by plaintiff
AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES in
1:02-cv-00582 for Steven R. Shapiro to appear pro hac vice
(American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad
Street, New York, NY 10004, (212)549-2611) (bcs)
[Entry date 04/29/02] [1:02cv582]
4/26/02 33 MOTION filed by plaintiff
AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES in
1:02-cv-00582 for Joel M. Gora to appear pro hac vice (
Brooklyn Law School 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY
11201, (718)780-7926) (bcs) [Entry date 04/29/02]
[1:02cv582]
4/30/02 35 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Joel M. Gora to appear pro hac vice ( Brooklyn Law
School 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201,
(718)780-7926) [33-1] by AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES (N) (dot)
[Entry date 05/01/02] [1:02cv582]
4/30/02 36 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Steven R. Shapiro to appear pro hac vice (American
Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, New
York, NY 10004, (212)549-2611) [32-1] by AMER CIVIL
LIBERTIES (N) (dot) [Entry date 05/01/02] [1:02cv582]
4/30/02 37 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Mark J. Lopez to appear pro hac vice ( American Civil
Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, New York, NY
10004, (212)549-2608) [31-1] by AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES (N)
(dot) [Entry date 05/01/02] [1:02cv582]
4/30/02 38 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Kathleen M. Sullivan to appear pro hac vice ( 559
Nathan Abbott Way , Stanford, CA 94305-8610, (650)725-9875)
[30-1] by MITCH MCCONNELL (N) (dot) [Entry date 05/01/02]
[1:02cv582]
5/2/02 41 MOTION filed by
MIKE PENCE, BILL PRYOR, LIBERTARIAN NATL ,
AL REPUBLICAN EXEC , LIBERTARIAN PARTY/IL , DUPAGE
POLITICAL ACT , JEFFERSON CTY REP , CHRISTIAN COAL/AMER ,
CLUB FOR GROWTH , IN FAMILY INSTITUTE , NATL RIGHT TO LIFE
, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE , NATL RIGHT TO LIFE , MARTIN CONNORS
, BARRET AUSTIN O'BROCK , REVOR M. SOUTHERLAND for Thomas
J. Marzen to appear pro hac vice ( Bopp, Coles, & Bostrom 1
South Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47807,
(812)232-2432, ); affidavit (1) (bcs) [Entry date 05/07/02]
[1:02cv582]
5/3/02 40 ORDER
by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly :that the
objectors' request for an oral hearing on the motion to
intervene is denied, see Sam Fox Publ'g Co. v. United
States, 366 US 683, 693-94 (1961) (district court had
discretion to decide motion to intervene without hearing
when result was clear from face of application). Granting
motion for JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPHER
SHAYS, MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to intervene
as defendants [6-1] in 1:02-cv-00582, [6-1] in
1:02-cv-00581 (N) (dot) [1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633
1:02cv751 1:02cv753 1:02cv754 1:02cv781]
5/3/02 42 ORDER
by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Thomas J. Marzen to appear pro hac vice ( Bopp, Coles,
& Bostrom 1 South Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana,
47807, (812)232-2432, ) [41-1] by plaintiffs (N) (dot)
[Entry date 05/07/02] [1:02cv582]
5/6/02 44 MOTION filed for
JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPER
SHAYS, MARTIN MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to
case(s) 1:02-cv-00582, to intervene (NO EXHIBIT) (bcs)
[Entry date 05/09/02] [1:02cv582]
5/6/02 45 MOTION filed for
USA to case(s) 1:02-cv-00582, to
intervene (EXHIBITS (ANSWERS 5) (bcs) [Entry date 05/09/02]
[1:02cv582]
5/7/02 46 MOTION filed by
plaintiffs MITCH MCCONNELL , BOB BARR , MIKE
PENCE , BILL PRYOR , LIBERTARIAN NATL, AL REPUBLICAN EXEC ,
LIBERTARIAN PARTY/IL , DUPAGE POLITICAL ACT, JEFFERSON CTY
REP, AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES , ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, CENTER/IND
FREEDOM, CHRISTIAN COAL/AMER , CLUB FOR GROWTH, IN FAMILY
INSTITUTE, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE , NATL RIGHT TO LIFE , NATL
RIGHT TO LIFE, 60 PLUS ASSOCIATION , SE LEGAL FDN INC, U.S.
, MARTIN CONNORS, THOMAS E. MCINERNEY, BARRET AUSTIN O'BROCK
, TREVOR M. SOUTHERLAND in 1:02-cv-00582 for leave to amend
complaint; EXHIBIT (SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT) (bcs)
[Entry date 05/09/02] [Edit date 05/10/02] [1:02cv582]
5/8/02 43 LCvR 26.1 Certificate
of disclosure of corporate
affiliations and financial interests by plaintiffs
LIBERTARIAN NATL in 1:02-cv-00582, AL REPUBLICAN EXEC in
1:02-cv-00582, LIBERTARIAN PARTY/IL in 1:02-cv-00582,
DUPAGE POLITICAL ACT in 1:02-cv-00582, CHRISTIAN COAL/AMER
in 1:02-cv-00582, CLUB FOR GROWTH in 1:02-cv-00582, IN
FAMILY INSTITUTE in 1:02-cv-00582, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE in
1:02-cv-00582, NATL RIGHT TO LIFE in 1:02-cv-00582, NATL
RIGHT TO LIFE in 1:02-cv-00582 (bcs) [Entry date 05/09/02]
[1:02cv582]
5/8/02 47 NOTICE OF FILING
by plaintiffs in 1:02-cv-00582
certification of Richard E. Coleson (bcs)
[Entry date 05/09/02] [1:02cv582]
5/8/02 48 NOTICE OF FILING
by plaintiffs in 1:02-cv-00582
certification of James Bopp Jr. (bcs) [Entry date 05/09/02]
[1:02cv582]
5/9/02 54 TRANSCRIPT of scheduling
conference filed for date(s) of
4/23/02. Reporter: Edward N. Hawkins (cdw)
[Entry date 05/14/02] [1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633]
5/13/02 -- ALL DOCKET ENTIRES AS
OF THIS DATE**** WILL BE FOUND IN
LEAD CASE**** 02CV582 (dot) [1:02cv582 1:02cv874 1:02cv875
1:02cv877 1:02cv881]
5/13/02 49 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
to consolidate cases with 02-582 [4-1] by REPUBLICAN NATL
COMM in 1:02-cv-00874. RNC v. FEC, Civil Action No.
02cv874, is consolidated with MCCONNELL v. FEC, Civil
Action No. 02cv582, for all purposes. Granting motion to
consolidate cases with 02-582 [6-1] by CA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
in 1:02-cv-00875. CDP v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv875, is
consolidated with McConnell v. FEC, Civil Action No.
02cv582, for all purposes. Granting motion to consolidate
case with 02cv582 [3-1] by plaintiffs in 1:02-cv-00877.
Adams v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv877, is consolidated
with MCCONNELL v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv582, for all
purposes. Granting motion to consolidate cases to 02-582
[4-1] by EARL F. HILLIARD, BENNIE G. THOMPSON in
1:02-cv-00881. THOMPSON v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv881,
is consolidated with MCCONNELL v. FEC, Civil Action No.
02cv582, for all purposes. All filings for RNC v. FEC,
Civil Action No. 02cv874, CDP v. FEC, Civil Action No.
02-875, ADAMS v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv877, and
THOMPSON v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02-881 be filed in
MCCONNELL v. FEC, 02cv582. Plaintiffs in RNC v. FEC, Civil
Action No. 02cv874, CDP v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02-875,
ADAMS v. FEC, Civil Action No. 02cv877, and THOMPSON v.
FEC, Civil Action No. 02-881, are to promptly familiarize
themselves and comply with the Scheduling and Procedures
Order issued April 24, 2002, by this Court in the
previously consolidated matters; attached as an exhibit
hereto. (N) (dot) [1:02cv582 1:02cv874 1:02cv875 1:02cv877
1:02cv881]
5/13/02 50 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for JOHN MCCAIN, RUSSELL FEINGOLD, CHRISTOPER SHAYS, MARTIN
MEEHAN, OLYMPIA SNOWE, JAMES JEFFORDS to cases
1:02-cv-00582, to intervene [44-1] in 1:02-cv-00582.
Movants are deemed to be Intervenor-Defendants in all
eleven actions presently before the Court that are
consolidated around MCCONNELL v. FEC. (N) (dot)
[1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633 1:02cv751 1:02cv753 1:02cv754
1:02cv781 1:02cv874 1:02cv875 1:02cv877 1:02cv881]
5/13/02 51 ORDER by Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion for
USA to intervene [45-1] in cases 1:02-cv-00582, in
1:02-cv-00582. The UNITED STATES is deemed to be an
Intervenor-Defendant in all actions presently before the
Court that are consolidated are MCCONNELL v. FEC, where it
was not originally named as a defendant. (N) (dot)
[1:02cv581 1:02cv582 1:02cv633 1:02cv751 1:02cv753 1:02cv754
1:02cv781 1:02cv874 1:02cv875 1:02cv877 1:02cv881]
5/13/02 52 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for Herbert William Titus to appear pro hac vice ( 5221
Indian River Road, Virgina Beach, VA 23464, (757)467-0616)
[10-1] by RON PAUL in 1:02-cv-00781 (N) (dot)
[1:02cv582 1:02cv781]
5/13/02 53 ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
for leave to amend complaint [46-1] by plaintiffs (N) (dot)
[Entry date 05/14/02] [1:02cv582]
5/14/02 -- ORDER by
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly : granting motion
to admit Charles H. Bell, Jr. pro hac vice in connection
with the above-captioned civil action. (N) (dot)
[1:02cv875]
5/14/02 55 MOTION filed by intervenor-defendants
in 1:02-cv-00582 for
Bradley S. Phillips to appear pro hac vice ( 355 South
Grand Avenue, 35th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560, (213)
683-9262) (bm) [Entry date 05/15/02] [1:02cv582]