FYI, Here is Judge McGunnigle's memo & order where he decided in favor of the Defendants (Fair Vote and the City of Minneapolis). You can see that the Judge makes a plethora of incorrect assertions - and so was misled by Defendants on the facts.
Plaintiffs wil need to make a much clearer case that the Appeal's Judge can more easily understand. http://electionmathematics.org/em-IRV/MNcase/2009JudgeMcGunnigleIRV-order.pdf The Judge even made several misstatements of fact in his "undisputed facts" section, and about a dozen misstatements of facts overall. Cheers, Kathy ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
