Liberty Vote Holdings, the St. Louis based company that bought Dominion Voting Systems in 2025, has quietly shut the door on one of the country's most high profile election related court battles. On Monday, Liberty Vote and MyPillow agreed to end their years long legal fight, filing a joint stipulation that dismisses the defamation case with prejudice and closes the chapter that began with Dominion's 2021 lawsuit against MyPillow and CEO Mike Lindell.
What the court document says
The four page stipulation, filed in federal court as Case No. 1:21 cv 445 (CJN), states that the plaintiffs and defendants "stipulate and agree ... to the dismissal of all claims and causes of action asserted...with prejudice." It also notes that "Each party shall bear its own attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs," according to a court filing reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
How the sale reshaped the litigation
The dispute took a turn after former St. Louis election official Scott Leiendecker purchased Dominion in October 2025 and rebranded the company as Liberty Vote. As reported by WIRED, Leiendecker, the founder of electronic poll book maker KNOWiNK, framed the acquisition as an effort to restore trust in the embattled vendor. With a new local owner and a new name, the company was suddenly in a better position to negotiate an off ramp for this particular lawsuit.
Broader litigation remains
Dominion first sued Lindell and MyPillow in February 2021 for roughly $1.3 billion after Lindell repeatedly promoted false claims about the 2020 election, and the case generated a string of rulings and sanctions along the way. Law&Crime notes that Smartmatic, another voting technology company that has pursued related claims, was not part of this stipulated dismissal and is still pressing enforcement activity in other parts of the wider litigation.
Local reaction and next steps
On its website, Liberty Vote leans into what it calls a "paper ballot focus" and says it has submitted its Frontier 1.0 voting system for VVSG 2.0 certification as it retires older hardware. According to Liberty Vote, the company is positioning itself to work closely with election officials while the remaining legal fights involving other parties play out elsewhere.
Legal takeaways
Dismissal "with prejudice" generally means the same claims cannot be brought again, according to Cornell's Legal Information Institute. The federal court stipulation records the parties' agreement to dismiss with prejudice and to cover their own costs, signaling a firm end to this lawsuit even as related sanctions and satellite cases continue moving through the courts.
