PAGE v. BARTELS

Civ.A. No. 01-1733.

144 F.Supp.2d 346 (2001)

Donald PAGE, Gertrude Waters, Harold Edwards, Kathy Edwards, William Costly, Carol G. Scantle-Bury, Jose A. Cabeza, Victor Cabeza Antonio J. Almeida, Mario H. Neno, David Vargas, Elvi Vasquez, Joseph Arteaga, Fred Shaw, Aaron Collins, Charles Robinson, Allen Barnhardt, The State Senate Republican Majority, Assembly Republican Majority, Plaintiffs, v. Larry BARTELS, Richard Codey, Sonia Delgado, Thomas Giblin, Lewis Greenwald, Bonnie Watson-Coleman, in their official capacity as Members of the State of New Jersey Apportionment Commission, State of New Jersey Apportionment Commission, Deforest B. Soaries, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, John Farmer, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick L. Whitmer, Joseph F. Clark, Victoria Pratt, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Morristown, NJ, Matthew F. Stowe, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Dalton L. Oldham, Columbia, SC, for plaintiff Republic National Committee.

Paul L. Smith, Sam Hirsch, Milton A. Marquis, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, Donald Scarinci, Robert Levy, Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, Secaucus, NJ, for defendant New Jersey Apportionment Committee.

Leon Sokol, Sokol, Behot & Fiorenzo, Hackensack, NJ, for defendants Richard Codey, Sonia Delgado, Thomas Giblin, Louis Greenwald, Bonnie Watson-Coleman, and New Jersey Apportionment Commission.

Robert L. Clifford, McElroy, Deutsch & Mahoney, Morristown, NJ, for defendant Larry Bartels.

Donna Kelley, Deputy Attorney General, Mark Turner Holmes, Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law, Trenton, NJ, for defendant Secretary of State, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs filed a Complaint seeking injunctive relief to prevent defendants from implementing a plan for redistricting of New Jersey's Senate and General Assembly districts. The plaintiffs having failed to satisfy their burden of proof, we will deny the injunction sought by the plaintiffs and enter final judgment for the defendants.

I.

Article 4, Section III, ¶ 1 of the New Jersey State Constitution provides that...

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