GORIN v. KARPAN

No. 91-CV-0054-K.

788 F.Supp. 1199 (1992)

Sarah GORIN, Bern Hinckley, Chelsea R. Kesselheim, John M. Faunce, Linda Kirkbride, Jesse Guidry, Verna Crusch, Ernest A. Roybal, Chris Plant, Wayne E. Morrow, Larry W. McGonigal, and Teri J. Royer, Plaintiffs, Harriett Elizabeth "Liz" Byrd, Edith V. Garcia, Pat Hacker, Fred Harrison, Shirley J. Humphrey, Patrick F. O'Toole, Scott J. Ratliff, Bill Vasey, and Carol Watson, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. Kathy KARPAN, Wyoming Secretary of State in her individual official capacity and as a member of the State Canvassing Board, Michael J. Sullivan, Governor of the State of Wyoming in his individual official capacity and as a member of the State Canvassing Board, David Ferrari, Wyoming State Auditor in his individual official capacity and as a member of the State Canvassing Board, and Stan Smith, Wyoming State Treasurer in his individual official capacity and as a member of the State Canvassing Board, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Wyoming.

April 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Freudenthal of Herschler, Freudenthal, Salzburg, Bonds & Rideout, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyo. (Hardy H. Tate, Sheridan, Wyo., William John Disney, Douglas, Wyo., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs.

Ford T. Bussart of Greenhalgh, Bussart, West & Rosetti, P.C., Rock Springs, Wyo., Lisa A. Botham, Green River, Wyo., for intervening plaintiffs.

Mark Braden and Marc D. Flink of Baker & Hostetler, Denver, Colo. (Joseph B. Meyer, Wyoming Atty. Gen., Clinton D. Beaver, Wyoming Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas B. Evans of Baker & Hostetler, Denver, Colo., with them on the briefs), for defendants.

Peter C. Maxfield, Laramie, Wyo., on the brief, for amicus curiae Wyoming Democratic Party.

Douglas W. Chamberlain, pro se.

Karen J. Budd of Dray, Madison & Thomson, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyo., on the brief, for amicus curiae Representative Dan S. Budd, Sublette County, and Representative Eli Bebout, Fremont County.

Before BRORBY, Circuit Judge, BRIMMER, Chief Judge, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Today this court is presented with a single issue: the constitutionality of the Wyoming Legislature's "new" apportionment plan (1992 Apportionment Act),1 enacted in response to our previous decision holding Wyoming's 1991 Legislative Reapportionment Act2 unconstitutional.3 We hold the 1992 Apportionment Act complies with the constitutional guidelines set forth...

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