Pennsylvania Cases February 02, 2022: Carter v. Chapman
Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: Feb. 2, 2022
Case Description
269 A.3d 532 (Mem)
Carol Ann CARTER, Monica Parrilla, Rebecca Poyourow, William Tung, Roseanne Milazzo, Burt Siegel, Susan Cassanelli, Lee Cassanelli, Lynn Wachman, Michael Guttman, Maya Fonkeu, Brady Hill, Mary Ellen Balchunis, Tom DeWall, Stephanie McNulty and Janet Temin
v.
Leigh M. CHAPMAN, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in Her Official Capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries
Appeal of: Leslie Osche, Kim Geyer, Michael T. Slupe, Candee Barnes, Thomas Reep, Brandy Reep, Kenneth Lunsford, Tammy Lunsford, James Thompson, Pamela Thompson, Joseph Renwick, Stephanie Renwick, Louis Capozzi, David Ball, Mary E. Owlett, Kristine Eng, Justin Behrens, James P. Foreman, Matthew J. Stuckey, Anthony J. Luther, Linda C. Daniels, Jeffrey Piccola, James Vasilko, Jay Hagerman, and Evan P. Smith., Possible Intervenors
Philip T. Gressman; Ron Y. Donagi; Kristopher R. Tapp; Pamela Gorkin; David P. Marsh; James L. Rosenberger; Amy Myers; Eugene Boman; Gary Gordon; Liz McMahon ; Timothy G. Feeman; and Garth Isaak
v.
Leigh M. Chapman, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jessica Mathis, in Her Official Capacity as Director for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries
Appeal of: Leslie Osche, Kim Geyer, Michael T. Slupe, Candee Barnes, Thomas Reep, Brandy Reep, Kenneth Lunsford, Tammy Lunsford, James Thompson, Pamela Thompson, Joseph Renwick, Stephanie Renwick, Louis Capozzi, David Ball, Mary E. Owlett, Kristine Eng, Justin Behrens, James P. Foreman, Matthew J. Stuckey, Anthony J. Luther, Linda C. Daniels, Jeffrey Piccola, James Vasilko, Jay Hagerman, and Evan P. Smith., Possible Intervenors
No. 11 MAP 2022
No. 12 MAP 2022
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Decided: February 2, 2022
Thomas W. King, III, Thomas E. Breth, Jordan Peter Shuber, Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham LLP, Dillon Mccandless Et Al, 128 W Cunningham St., Butler, PA 16001-5742, for Appellant.
Jeffry William Duffy, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, 1735 Market St Ste 3300, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7501, for Appellee Kerry Benninghoff.
Kathleen A. Gallagher, Russell David Giancola, Gallagher Giancola LLC, 436 Seventh Ave 31st Fl, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for Appellee Haroon Bashir, Valerie Biancaniello, Tegwyn Hughes, and Jeffrey Wenk.
Kevin Michael Greenberg, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 1717 Arch St. Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for Appellee Maria Collett.
John Brent Hill, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, 1 Logan Sq Fl 27, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Caleb Curtis Enerson, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, 16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA, Pa Office Of Attorney General, Strawberry Sq Fl 15, Harrisburg, PA 17120, for Appellees Leigh M. Chapman and Jessica Mathis.
Anthony Richard Holtzman, Jonathan Richard Vaitl, K & L Gates LLP, 17 N 2ND St. 18th Fl, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1507, for Appellees Jake Corman and Kim Ward.
Kathleen Marie Kotula, Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections, 306 N Office Bldg 401 North St., Harrisburg, PA 17120-0500, for Appellee Bureau of Elections.
Edward David Rogers, Ballard Spahr, LLP, 1735 Market St Fl 51, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599, for Appellee Carol Ann Carter.
Matthew S. Salkowski, Lam Dang Truong, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House Democratic Caucus Ogc, 620 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17111, David Samuel Senoff, First Law Strategy Group LLC, 121 S Broad St. Ste 300, Philadelphia, PA 19107, for Appellee Joanna McClinton.
Joshua John Voss, Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Samantha G. Zimmer, Kleinbard LLC, 1717 Arch St. Fl 5th, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for Appellees Guy Reschenthaler, Jeffrey Varner, Tom Marino, Ryan Costello, Bud Shuster (Congressional Intervenor).
Robert Andrew Wiygul, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, 18TH Cherry Sts. Fl 27, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Dimitrios Mavroudis, Jessica Ann Rickabaugh, Joe H. Tucker, Jr., Tucker Law Group, 1801 Market St. Ste 2500, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Caroline Layne Rice, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Hangley Aronchick Segal, 1 Logan Sq Fl 27, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for Appellees Leigh M. Chapman, Jessica Mathis and Tom Wolf.
Corrie Allen Woods, Woods Law Offices PLLC, 200 Commerce Dr. Ste. 210, Moon Township, PA 15108, Marco Santino Attisano, Flannery Georgalis, LLC, 707 Grant St. Ste. 2750, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for Appellee Jay Costa, et al.
Robert Joseph Clark, Michael R. McDonald, Paul Keller Ort, Marcel S. Pratt, Ballard Spahr, LLP, 1735 Market St. Fl 51, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for Appellee Carol Ann Carter, et al.
Clifford B. Levine, Emma Frances Elizabeth Shoucair, Dentons Cohen Grigsby, 625 Liberty Ave; 5th floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Anthony Michael Pratt, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 1717 Arch St. Ste 400, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799, for Appellee Maria Collett, et al.
James Guthrie Mann, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Ste B 6 Main Capitol, P.O. Box 202228, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2228, for Appellees Kerry Benninghoff and Bryan Cutler.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
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AND NOW, this 2 day of February, 2022, probable jurisdiction is NOTED . As Appellants waited twelve days to file a notice of appeal from the Commonwealth Court's order denying intervention, and deadlines established by that order have already passed, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED . Cf. Pa.R.Civ.P. 2329(3) (allowing for denial of intervention if "the petitioner has unduly delayed in making application for intervention or the intervention will unduly delay
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... the trial or the adjudication of the rights of the parties").