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 879-5000
[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 879-5000
[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]
DOCKET PROCEEDINGS
DATE
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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]
4/23/02 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]