'' Correll v. Herring et al. '' , 212 F.Supp .3 d 584 ( E.D. Vir . 2016 ) , was a case argued before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia . The case centered on the constitutionality of the Commonwealth of Virginia ’s election laws regarding the binding of political party delegates to a presidential nomination convention as part of the Never Trump movement prior to the 2016 Republican National Convention . The case was filed on June 24 , 2016 . On July 11 , 2016 , Judge Robert Payne issued a memorandum opinion permanently enjoining the Commonwealth of Virginia from enforcing the section of Virginia election law under challenge . The ruling is considered a symbolic victory in Republican delegate efforts to deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination
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Correll v. Herring