Bryan
11-27-2008, 05:40 AM
Here is some background info on the case:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=159766
Charles Burress
Thursday, November 27, 2008
An Alameda County judge has thrown out a lawsuit contesting the election to the county's Republican Central Committee of a handful of supporters of libertarian Ron Paul, a former presidential candidate.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch rejected a lawsuit by committee Chairman Paul Cummings of Oakland seeking to overturn the election to the committee of a group of Paul supporters and Minutemen. The opposition group won 12 of the committee's 30 elected seats in the June 3 election, and Cummings alleged that seven of them did not meet the party membership requirements for candidates.
Rather than rule on the eligibility claim, Roesch in his decision dated Monday declared the lawsuit invalid, saying it was filed after the deadline for contesting the election.
Cummings said Wednesday that the judge "got the law wrong" and that Roesch's "bizarre interpretation of what an election is certainly surprised me and has our counsel dumbfounded."
Continued:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BA9414DDN1.DTL
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=159766
Charles Burress
Thursday, November 27, 2008
An Alameda County judge has thrown out a lawsuit contesting the election to the county's Republican Central Committee of a handful of supporters of libertarian Ron Paul, a former presidential candidate.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch rejected a lawsuit by committee Chairman Paul Cummings of Oakland seeking to overturn the election to the committee of a group of Paul supporters and Minutemen. The opposition group won 12 of the committee's 30 elected seats in the June 3 election, and Cummings alleged that seven of them did not meet the party membership requirements for candidates.
Rather than rule on the eligibility claim, Roesch in his decision dated Monday declared the lawsuit invalid, saying it was filed after the deadline for contesting the election.
Cummings said Wednesday that the judge "got the law wrong" and that Roesch's "bizarre interpretation of what an election is certainly surprised me and has our counsel dumbfounded."
Continued:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BA9414DDN1.DTL