MATTER OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING

Nos. 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Sept. Term, 2001.

805 A.2d 292 (2002)

370 Md. 312

In the Matter of LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING OF THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Hirsch (Kali N. Bracey, of Jenner and Block, Washington, D.C.) for Wayne Curry et al., Misc. No. 20, September Term, 2001, for petitioners.

Paul D. Raschke (Alan A. Abramowitz, Michelle E. Stawinski, of Bouland and Brush, Baltimore) for Eugene E. Golden et al., Misc. No. 22, Sept. Term, 2001.

Barry Steve Asbury, pro se, Parkville, Misc. No. 23, Sept. Term, 2001.

M. Albert Figinski (Saul Ewing, Baltimore; John K. Phoebus, Crisfield) for J. Lowell Stoltzfus et al., Misc. No. 24, Sept. Term, 2001.

M. Albert Figinski (Saul Ewing, Baltimore) for Norman R. Stone, Jr. et al., Misc. No. 25, Sept. Term, 2001.

Robert H. Levan (Richard T. Colaresi, of Levan, Colaresi, Ferguson and Levan PA, Columbia) for Mayor and Council of the City of College Park, Misc. No. 27, Sept. Term, 2001.

Harry C. Storm (Abrams, West & Storm, PC, Bethesda) for Gandal and Schofield, Misc. No. 28, Sept. Term, 2001.

E. Mark Braden (Amy Henson, Lee T. Ellis, Jr., Matthew S. Dolan, Ralph G. Blasey, III, of Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC) for Michael S. Steele, Misc. No. 29, Sept. Term, 2001.

Dana M. Dembrow, pro se, Silver Spring, Misc. No. 30, Sept. Term, 2001.

Paul D. Raschke (Alan A. Abramowitz and Michelle E. Stawinski, of Bouland & Brush, LLC, Baltimore) for Katharina Eva Dehaas et al., Misc. No. 31, Sept. Term, 2001.

Paul D. Raschke (Alan A. Abramowitz and Michelle E. Stawinski, of Bouland & Brush, Baltimore) for Rayburn Smallwood et al., Misc. No. 32, Sept. Term, 2001.

Jefferson L. Blomquist (Charles D. MacLeod, Cynthia L. McCann of Funk & Bolton, PA, Baltimore) for John W. Cole et al., Misc. No. 33, Sept. Term, 2001.

Joseph M. Getty, pro se, Hampstead, Misc. No. 34, Sept. Term, 2001.

(Gail M. Wallace, pro se, Owings Mills) for Coalition to Keep the Tow of Owings et al., Misc. No. 26, Sept. Term, 2001.

Carmen M. Shepard, Deputy Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Maryland, Maureen M. Dove, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven M. Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore; Robert A. Zarnoch, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Kathryn M. Rowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Annapolis) for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BELL, C.J.

A majority of the Court concurring, by Order dated June 11, 2002, we concluded, for reasons to be set forth in an opinion later to be filed, that significant portions of the Governor's 2002 Redistricting Plan were not consistent with the requirements of Article III, § 4, of the Constitution of Maryland that "[e]ach legislative district shall consist of adjoining territory, be compact in form, and of substantially...

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