Southwest Voter Registration Education Project v. Shelley (Stephen V. Wilson, C.D. Cal. 2:03-cv-5715)
Two months before a gubernatorial recall election, a federal complaint challenged the use in some jurisdictions of punch-card ballots. The district judge denied immediate relief because the election would be held before a previous consent decree’s decertification of punch-card ballots would go into effect. A three-judge panel of the court of appeals reversed the district court's ruling, but an eleven-judge en banc panel subsequently affirmed the district court's decision. The governor was recalled.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Voting technology; intervention; laches.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.