Court: Nader Must Pay for Election SuitAP NewsBreak: Nader must pay costs for 2004 suit
that ousted him from Pennsylvania electionHARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 23, 2006
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Writer
(AP) Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate must pay
more than $80,000 in expenses for the lawsuit that challenged their nominating
papers and kept them off the 2004 ballot, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday.
There was an implication of "fraud and deception" in their petition drive,
the court said in its ruling.
A group of Pennsylvania voters sued to block Nader and Peter Camejo, who were
running as independent candidates, from being placed on the ballot.
-snip-In Wednesday's ruling, five justices said Nader and Camejo must pay the plaintiffs'
transcription and stenography costs. A sixth justice said he did not think the law
permitted the award of such costs, and the seventh said only about half of the bill
was permissible.
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