During his trip to Atlanta, Nader met privately with Shawn O'Hara, chairman of the Reform Party USA, a successor to Ross Perot's third-party candidacy in 1992 and 1996.

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But the plaintiffs in the lawsuit argued that the Florida Reform Party no longer met a requirement that it be affiliated with a national party holding a national convention to nominate presidential candidates because the Reform Party USA -- the remnants of a movement spearheaded by Ross Perot in 1992 -- no longer met that definition.

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