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BATES v. JONES

No. 97-15864, 97-15914.

131 F.3d 843 (1997)

Tom BATES; Edward H. Lyman; Richard Sterling; Ardis Graham; Richard D. Lewis; Lawrence J. Buchalter; Jonathan Browning; Rachel Sherman; Martha A. Escutia; Sylvia Hernandez; Ana Rosa Pena; Claudia Navar; Barbara J. Friedman; Susan Zarakov; Harriet Sculley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill JONES, Secretary of the State of California; Bradley J. Clark; Alameda County Registrar of Voters; Conny McCormack, Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, Defendants-Appellees, and Peter F. Schabarum; Lewis K. Uhler; Lee A. Phelps; National Tax Limitation Committee; Alliance of California Taxpayers & Involved Voters, Intervenors-Appellees. Bill Jones, Secretary of the State of California, Defendant-Appellant, and Peter F. Schabarum; Lewis K. Uhler, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Tom BATES; Edward H. Lyman; Richard D. Lewis; Lawrence J. Buchalter; Jonathan Browning; Rachel Sherman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and National Tax Limitation Committee; Alliance of California Taxpayers & Involved Voters, Intervenors, v. Bill JONES, Secretary of the State of California, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Professor Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; James F. Sweeney, Chief Counsel, Secretary of State of Cal., Thomas S. Knox, Peter D. Lemmon, Knox, Lemmon & Anapolsky, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellant Bill Jones.

Anthony T. Caso, Deborah J. La Fetra, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for intervenors-appellants Peter F. Schabarum, et al.

Joseph Remcho, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees Tom Bates, et al.

Before: HUG, Jr., Chief Judge, BROWNING, SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, PREGERSON, THOMPSON, O'SCANNLAIN, TROTT, RYMER, KLEINFELD and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Argued En Banc and Submitted November 21, 1997.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

A former state legislator and several of his constituents filed this action, contending the lifetime term limits in California's Proposition 140 violate their federal constitutional rights. After a trial, the district court agreed and enjoined the Proposition's enforcement. The district court stayed its injunction pending appeal.

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