Minnesota Intermediate Appellate Court Orders $95,000 Paid to Well Known Saturday Night Live Cameo Performer.
Al Franken, a well-known guest performer on Saturday Night Live, ran for a U.S. Senate post against Norm Coleman. A Minnesota appellate court found that Mr. Franken had received 312 more votes than Mr. Coleman in last November’s election, a determination being appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Recently, the Minnesota court ordered Mr. Coleman to pay Al $95,000 in fees (out of his original $160,000 request) related to Coleman’s lawsuit over the still-unresolved Senate race. Coleman had asked the three-judge panel to delay a decision on the cost reimbursement until the Minnesota Supreme Court finishes its review, a request that apparently was nixed.
Because we are scrupulously non-partisan, we quote news correspondent Emily Litella: “Never mind.”
For more on this story, see Elizabeth Stawicki’s June 10, 2009 story available for reading at minnesota.publicradio.org.