NAVAJO NATION v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING

No. CV 02-0799-PHX-ROS. No. CV-02-0807-PHZ-ROS.

230 F.Supp.2d 998 (2002)

NAVAJO NATION, a federally recognized Indian tribe, Plaintiff, v. ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, a state agency, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

September 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Lee Bobroff, Navajo Nation Dept. of Justice, Window Rock, AZ, Marvin S. Cohen, Jusith M. Dworkin, Tina Marie Kirstein-Ezzell, Sacks Tierney PA, Scottsdale, AZ, Patricia Ferguson Bohnee, Sacks Tierney, Scottsdsale, AZ, for Navajo Nation.

Kevin Lohrausb Parsi, Titla & Parsi, Phoenix, AZ, H. Reed Witherby, Smith & Duggan, LLP, Boston, MA, Steve M. Titla, Titla & Parsi, Globe, AZ, for San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz.

Lisa Tewsbury Hauser, James A. Craft, Gammage & Burnham PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Jose de Jesus Rivera, Haralson Miller Pitt & McAnally, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Arizona Independent Redistricting Com'n.

Mary Ruth O'Grady, Joseph Andrew Kanefield, Office of Atty. Gen., Phoenix, AZ, for Betsey Bayless.

Paul F. Eckstein, Michael S. Mandall, Brown & Bain, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Richard A. Halloran, Joshua Grabel, Lewis & Roca, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Aaron Kizer, Law Office of Aaron Kizer PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting, Ramon Valadez, Peter Rios, Carlos Avelar, James Sedillo, Mary Rose Garrido Wilcox, Esther Lumm, Virginia Rivera, Los Abogados.

Jill M. Kennedy, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Div. of County Counsel, Phoenix, AZ, Otis Smith, Law Office of Otis Smith, Phoenix, AZ, for Count of Maricopa.

Russell H. Burdick, Nancy E. Dean, Appache County Attorney's Office, St. Johns, AZ, for County of Apache.

Derek D. Rapier, Greenlee County Attorney's Office, Clifton, AZ, for County of Greenlee.

Daisy Denise Gilker, Gila County Attorney's Office, Globe, AZ, for County of Gila.

Derek D. Rapier, Greenlee County Attorney's Office, Clifton, AZ, Russell H. Burdick, Nancy E. Dean, Apache County Attorney's Office, St. Johns, AZ, Daisy Denise Gilker, Gila County Attorney's Office, Globe, AZ, for Eastern Arizona Counties Organization.

Kenneth Andrew Angle, Bryce & Udall, Safford, AZ, for County of Graham.

Neil vincent Wake, Linda Delmor Skon, Law Offices of Neil Vincent Wake, Phoenix, AZ, Michael A. Carvin, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Arizonians for Fair and Legal Redistricting, Jesse Hernandez, Martin Sepulveda, Ilia Terrazas.

John R. Moffitt, City of Prescott Legal Dept., Prescott, AZ, for City of Prescott.

Ivan Legler, Prescott Valley, AZ, for Town of Prescott Valley.

Patrick Irvine, Office of Atty. Gen., Phoenix, AZ, Todd Frederick Lang, Office of Atty. Gen., Solicitor General & Opinions Section, Phoenix, AZ, for Citizens Clean Elections Com'n.

Daniel R. Ortega, Jr., Ortega & Assoc., PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Hopi Tribe.

Martha Starr Chase, Santa Cruz County Atty., Nogales, AZ, Ronald Marc Lehman, Gabroy Rollman & Bosse PC, Tucson, AZ, for County of Santa Cruz.

David J. Cantelme, Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for City of Flagstaff.

Bruce E. Cain, Berkeley, CA, pro se.

Before: ROSLYN O. SILVER and SUSAN R. BOLTON, District Judges, and MARSHA S. BERZON, U.S. Circuit Judge.


OPINION

SILVER, District Judge.

A three-judge panel ("Court") was convened on May 8, 2002 to determine whether Arizona's 1994 legislative districts were unconstitutional and if necessary to adopt an interim legislative redistricting plan that meets the requirements of the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973, 1973c. On May 24 the parties stipulated to an interim plan ("IRC Proposed Plan" or "Plan"), and...

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