text: I'll try to refresh your memory.   I got this from the Huffington Post. 
  1. On election night, several television networks called Florida for George W. Bush, clinching the electoral college — although Gore would end up winning about 500,000 more votes. Gore called Bush to concede.
  2. Then the networks uncalled Florida — and Gore unconceded, realizing that he was ahead in the popular vote and if he ended up winning Florida he would have won the election. The election was literally too close to call.
  3. A legally mandated recount began.
  4. Bush (not Gore) sued to stop recounts in some counties.
  5. Gore sued to extend deadlines for recounts.
  6. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a more extensive recount. Bush (not Gore) appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  7. The U.S. Supreme Court stopped the recount.
  8. Gore conceded.
  Bush v. Gore would resonate, in any case, because the Court prevented Florida from determining, as best it could, whether Gore or Bush really won.