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Cases of the 315th Review Board

Dunn v. Elections Commission

Seeking an injunction against the use of the Student Information Network to conduct elections.

Case Number: Not Assigned
Filed on: September 15, 2007
Status: Withdrawn by Petitioner
Petitioners: Cliff Dunn, Review Board Member
Respondents: Elections Commission

Case History

9/16/2007: Cliff Dunn has withdrawn the case.

9/16/2007: Cliff Dunn has submitted a request to expedite the hearing of the case.

9/15/2007: Cliff Dunn has recused himself from all involvement with this case as a member of the Review Board, including motions, hearing, and deliberations.

9/15/2007: Petition filed by Cliff Dunn.

Documents

Petitioner Filings

 

Kennedy-Shaffer v. SBA et al.

Challenging the Student Bar Association’s appointment of Student Assembly senator(s), and seeking the direct popular election of Student Bar Association senator(s).

Case Number:RB 315-002
Filed on:September 2, 2007
Decided on:October 3, 2007
Status: Decided in favor of Respondent, 5-2.
Petitioners:Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, SBA member
Joe Luppino-Esposito, Class of 2008 Senator
Respondents:Student Bar Association
Student Assembly Senate
Graduate Council
Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Association
MBA Association
Graduate Education Association
VIMS Graduate Student Association

Case History

10/24/2007: The deadline to file petitions of appeal lapsed at 12:00 AM tonight. As no petitions of appeal were received, the majority opinion stands.

10/8/2007: Opinions released. The Review Board will accept petitions of appeal until 11:59 PM, Tuesday, October 23.

10/3/2007: Decision reached 5-2 in favor of Respondents. Opinions are forthcoming.

10/3/2007: Hearing held at at 9:00 PM in Tyler 102.

10/1/2007: Hearing rescheduled for October 3, 2007 at 9:00 PM in Tyler 102.

9/22/2007: The hearing has been postponed.

9/14/2007: A hearing has been scheduled for September 23, 2007 at 2:00 PM. We have requested Tyler 102 for the hearing.

9/12/2007: Amended versions of Petition and Response distributed. Will Coggin removed from Petitioners; Joe Luppino-Esposito joined Petitioners. All Graduate student governments, and the Graduate Council, joined Respondents.

9/06/2007: Response recieved from the SBA.

9/02/2007: Petition filed by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer.

Documents

by the Review Board
Petitioner Filings
Respondent Filings

Recording of the Hearing (.mp3 format)

Due to technical difficulties, the Opening Arguments were not recorded.

TimeTitle
20m 34sPetitioner Discussion
19m 53sRespondent Discussion
9m 11sPetitioner Discussion (extension pt. 1)
11m 22sRespondent Discussion (extension)
1m 53sPetitioner Discussion (extension pt. 2)
5m 03sPetitioner Closing Arguments
4m 54sRespondent Closing Arguments

Page last updated on October 24, 2007.

 
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