BONE SHIRT v. HAZELTINE

No. CIV.01-3032.

200 F.Supp.2d 1150 (2002)

Alfred BONE SHIRT; Belva Black Lance; Bonnie High Bull; and Germaine Moves Camp, Plaintiffs, v. Joyce HAZELTINE, in her official capacity as Secretary of the State of South Dakota; Scott Eccarius, in his official capacity as Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives; South Dakota House of Representatives; Arnold Brown, in his official capacity as President of the South Dakota Senate; and South Dakota Senate, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Central Division.

May 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick K. Duffy, Rapid City, SD, Laughlin McDonald, Bryan L. Sells, Neil Bradley, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs.

John P. Guhin, Sherri Sundem Wald, Attorney General's Office, Pierre, SD, for Defendants.

Cheryl Schrempp Dupris, U.S. Attorney's Office, Pierre Office, Pierre, SD, Gaye L. Tenoso, R. Tamar Hagler, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for United States.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, KORNMANN and SCHREIER, District Judges.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHREIER, District Judge.

On November 1, 2001, South Dakota enacted a state-wide legislative redistricting plan in the wake of the 2000 census. Like its 1991 predecessor, the 2001 Plan divides South Dakota into thirty-five legislative districts, each of which elects one senator to the State's bicameral legislature. Each legislative district, except one, also elects two representatives to...

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