Harris v. Purcell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “[t]o wait until the last moment [to challenge an election matter] places the court in a position of having to steamroll through the delicate legal issues in order to meet the deadline for measures to be placed on the ballot”
• noting that “[t]o wait until the last moment [to challenge an election matter] places the court in a position of having to steamroll through the delicate legal issues in order to meet the deadline for measures to be placed on the ballot”
• finding unreasonable six-week delay even though claim filed within statutory limitations period
• finding unreasonable six-week delay even though claim filed within statutory limitations period
• “[E]ven a finding of unreasonable delay is not enough; it must also be established that the delay resulted in actual prejudice.”
• “In election matters, time is of the essence because disputes concerning election and petition issues must be initiated and resolved, allowing time for the preparation and printing of absentee voting ballots.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).