CAMPBELL v. BUCKLEY

No. 98-1329.

203 F.3d 738 (2000)

Douglas CAMPBELL, Richard Hamilton, Clyde Harkins, Jack Hawkins, Daniel Hayes, Gary Swing, Jeffrey Wright, Douglas Bruce, the Initiative and Referendum Institute, Americans For Sound Public Policy, and the American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Victoria BUCKLEY, in her official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Colorado and member of the Colorado State Initiative and Referendum Title Board, Colorado State Initiative and Referendum Title Board, and Richard Westfall and Rebecca Lennahan in their official capacities as Title Board members, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Grant, Parker, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Maurice Knaizer, Deputy Attorney General (Ken Salazar, Attorney General; Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General; Christine M. Arguello, Deputy Attorney General, with him on the brief), Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, REAVLEY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Eight individuals and three organizations1 brought this action challenging the constitutionality of the "title setting" requirements of the State of Colorado's ballot initiative law. The district court, after a bench trial, upheld the constitutionality of the Colorado scheme.2 We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The Colorado Constitution reserves to the people the power to...

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