Category Archives: United States Supreme Court

Bush v. Gore, 121 S. Ct. 525 (2000)

Mr. Odelson was retained by the Bush campaign to participate in an election challenge regarding an equal protection claim involving the measures used for the manual recount of the presidential election votes in Florida in 2000; briefs were filed and the case was argued before canvassing boards in West Palm Beach and Broward Counties, ultimately…

Norman v. Reed, 112 S.Ct. 698 (1992)

Successful ballot access case appealed from Cook County Electoral Board to the Circuit Court, to the Illinois Supreme Court, to the United States Supreme Court involving the use of a political party’s name and signature requirements for individual districts within a county. A landmark case concerning ballot access in which Mr. Odelson served as a…