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MARTINEZ v. BUSH

No. 02-20244-CIV-JORDAN. No. 02-10028-CIV-JORDAN.

234 F.Supp.2d 1275 (2002)

Honorable Mayor Raul L. MARTINEZ, Bishop Victor T. Curry, Hattie D. Harden, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Inc., Robert Pope, James O. Brown, State Senator Betty Holzendorf, Dr. Carl Warren, State Representative Denise Lee, State Representative Gary Siplin, State Representative Matthew Meadows, State Representative, Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Rev. Richard P. Dunn, III, Enid Pinkney, Jacqui Colyer, Alexander Kelly, Maria B. Reckley, Councilman Philippe Derose, Unrepresented People's Positive Action Council, Inc., Nury Molina, State Representative Cindy Lerner, Patrick Vilar, Lorenzo S. Ruiz, Jose A. Paez, and Lavita Holmes Plaintiffs v. John Ellis "Jeb" BUSH, Katherine Harris, Tom Feeney, John McKay, and Robert Butterworth Defendants Peter R. Deutsch, etc., et al. Intervenor-Plaintiffs v. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, et al. Defendants George Maurer Plaintiff v. State of Florida, Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris, Tom Feeney, and John McKay Defendants

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

December 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Powell, Miami, FL, Thomasina H. Williams, Miami, FL, J. Gerald Herbert, Alexandria, VA, Ephraim Roy Hess, Colleen Kathryn O'Loughlin, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Ronald A. Kalain, Jeremy B. Bash, Goodwin Liu, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Paul F. Hancock, Maxine S. Ryan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Fort Lauderdale, FL, George Waas, Senior Assist. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, FL, for State of Florida.

Dean Colson, Roberto Martinez, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, Charles Canady, Tallahassee, FL, for Governor Jeb Bush.

Deborah K. Kearney, Tallahassee, FL, for Secretary of State.

Christopher Carver, Miami, FL, J. Thomas Cardwell, Orlando, FL, Miguel Angel De Grandy, Miami, FL, Jason Lawrence Unger, George N. Meros, Jr., Tallahassee, FL, Joseph W. Hatchett, Tallahassee, for Speaker Feeney.

Edward Joseph Pozzuoli, III, James A. Scott, Alexis M. Yarbrough, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Thomas Emerson Scott, Jr., Miami, FL, for president McKay.

George Maurer, Key West, FL, pro se.

Before TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and HINKLE and JORDAN, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

INTRODUCTION

Every ten years, after the census, the Florida legislature is required to redraw the State's congressional districts and the State Senate and House districts to adjust for population shifts. The 2000 census revealed that Florida's population grew by more than 3 million people during the 1990s. As a result, Florida was apportioned two additional representatives in the United States House of Representatives...

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