Rita MONTERO; Delfina Maria Garcia; Francisco Coca; Apolinar Rael, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Natalie MEYER, Secretary of the State of Colorado; State of Colorado, and Official English Committee; Barbara Murray Philips; Mary Ann Carlos; Thaddeus F. Gembczynski; Chong Cha Woodfill; Violette Mehle Cordova, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 1, 1988.
November 1, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Catharyn A. Baird, Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellants Natalie Meyer, Secretary of the State of Colo., and State of Colo.
Shannon A. Robinson (Richard J. Spelts and Jeffrey A. Esses with her, on the briefs) of Spelts & Robinson, Denver, Colo., and James K. Kreutz of James K. Kreutz & Associates, P.C., Englewood, Colo., for defendants-appellants Official English Committee, Barbara Murray Philips, Mary Ann Carlos, Thaddeus F. Gembczynski, Chong Cha Woodfill, and Violette Mehle Cordova.
Barry D. Roseman (Kenneth A. Padilla and Henry J. Feldman with him, on the brief), Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Richard P. Fajardo, Antonia Hernandez, and Jose Garza, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, Cal., and Sara Rios, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, as amicus curiae.
Julius L. Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston, and Sherrilyn A. Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, David H. Miller, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colo., and Pamela S. Karlan, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., as amicus curiae.
Before MOORE, BALDOCK and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court preliminarily enjoining the Secretary of State of Colorado from conducting an election on a proposed amendment to the state constitution initiated and circulated by members of the Official English Committee. 696 F.Supp. 540. The district court held that the Voting Rights Act, in particular 42 U.S.C. § 1973b(f)(4), applies to initiative petitions...
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