IN RE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

No. 92SA19.

828 P.2d 213 (1992)

In re REAPPORTIONMENT OF the COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holme, Roberts & Owen, Daniel S. Hoffman, Daniel J. Dunn, Stephen P. Ward, Colorado Reapportionment Com'n, Rebecca C. Lennahan, Denver, for Colorado Reapportionment Com'n.

Charles H. Richardson, Christopher K. Daly, Aurora, for City of Aurora, Colo.

Luis A. Corchado, Denver, Manuel I. Lopez, Motz, Gonzales and Martinez, Martin A. Gonzales, Alamosa, for Hispanic League.

Holland and Hart, John C. Barajas, Denver, for Colorado Hispanic Bar Ass'n.

Steven R. Ruddick, Aurora, amicus curiae.

Schmidt and Schmidt, Mark H. Schmidt, Springfield, for Bd. of County Com'rs of Baca County, Colo.

Steven G. Keppers, Littleton, for Columbine Knolls South Homeowners' Ass'n.

Menola N. Upshaw, Denver, for N.A.A.C.P., Denver Branch.

Dr. Lawrence E. Lewis, Denver, for Colorado-Wyoming State Conference Branches of N.A.A.C.P.

Rev. Oscar S. Tillman, Denver, for Legal Redress Staff.

Harden, Schmidt, Hass & Haag, P.C., George H. Hass, Asst. Larimer County Atty., Fort Collins, for Bd. of County Com'rs, Larimer County and Larimer County Clerk and Recorder.

Gerie Grimes, Denver, for Colorado Black Roundtable, Inc.

Charles R. Duke, State Representative, Denver, for House Dist. 20.

Jeanne M. Adkins, State Representative, Denver, for House Dist. 40.

John M. Ely, Asst. Pitkin County Atty., Aspen, for Pitkin County Bd. of County Com'rs.

Fossum, Hatter & Green, P.C., James Hatter, Cortez, for Bipartisan Committee to Keep Montezuma County Whole.

Robert Sack, Clerk and Recorder of Adams County, James D. Robinson, Brighton, for Adams County Clerk and Recorder.

Zak, Fox, Pehr and Fuller, P.C., Richard L. Fuller, David W. Pehr, Westminster, for Joan M. Johnson, Sheryl L. Pehr, and Amanda S. Pehr.

Rick DeWitt, Englewood City Atty., Englewood, for City of Englewood.

Grant, Bernard, Lyons & Gaddis, P.C., Daniel F. Bernard, Suzan D. Fritchel, Longmont, for Arapahoe County School Dist. No. 1.

Martin R. McCullough, Westminster City Atty., Westminster, for City of Westminster.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Gale T. Miller, Richard A. Westfall, Denver, Pryor, Carney and Johnson, Pamela J. Fair, Englewood, for Jennie Sanchez, Adeline Sanchez and Esther Grant.

Wilma M. Taylor, Denver, for Colorado Black Women For Political Action.

Peter Lawrence Vana, Arapahoe County Atty., Darrel L. Matteson, Asst. County Atty., Robert Lembke, Sp. Asst. County Atty., Littleton, for Arapahoe County Com'r.

Trimble, Tate and Nulan, P.C., Penfield W. Tate III, Penfield W. Tate II, Bernard L. Black, Jr., Denver, for Blacks for Fair Reapportionment.

Hayes, Phillips & Maloney, P.C., John E. Hayes, Denver, for City of Sheridan, Colo., and Individually Named Registered Electors and Elected Officials.

Miller & Delay, P.C., Reese Miller, Westminster, for Sheridan School Dist.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Stephen H. Kaplan, Dan Friesen, Denver, for Michael Henry, Selma Lock, Bob Dean, Fern Osborne, Doug Franssen, Maureen H. Loyacono, Pat Sullivan, Alvin J. Koops, Richard Newlon, Denver Democratic Party, Warren Weston, Helen C. Shreves, Jane Werner, Art Binkley, Joann Ortega, Gail Glover, Jane Craft, Betty Spindler, Bob Goss, Cecily Jones, Judy Mays, Mary Gibson, June and Leonard Hurst.

H. Lawrence Hoyt, Boulder County Atty., Boulder, for Boulder County Clerk and Recorder.

Reta A. Crain, Castle Rock, for Douglas County Clerk and Recorder.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Michael Savislan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for Natalie Meyer, Secretary of State of Colo.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In In re Reapportionment of the Colorado General Assembly, 828 P.2d 185 (Colo.1992), we disapproved the Final Plan of the Colorado Reapportionment Commission and returned the plan to the Commission for revision, modification, and resubmission. Colo. Const. art. V, § 48(1)(e). We disapproved that part of the Final Plan which divided Pitkin County and the City of Aspen...

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