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PEOPLE EX REL. SALAZAR v. DAVIDSON

Nos. 03SA133, 03SA147.

79 P.3d 1221 (2003)

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, ex rel. Ken SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Petitioner, Mark Udall, individually as a citizen of Colorado, and in his capacity as the elected representative to the United States House of Representatives for the Second Congressional District of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-in-intervention, v. Donetta DAVIDSON, in her official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Colorado, Respondent, Colorado General Assembly, Respondent-in-intervention. Donetta Davidson, in her official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Ken Salazar, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedlob, Sanderson, Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC, James W. Sanderson, Richard K. Kaufman, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner Donetta Davidson in Case No. 03SA147 and for Respondent Donetta Davidson in Case No. 03SA133.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Alan J. Gilbert, Solicitor General, Anthony Navarro, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Ken Salazar in Case No. 03SA147.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Alan Gilbert, Solicitor General, Renny Fagan, Deputy Attorney General, M. Terry Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Anthony Navarro, Assistant Attorney General, Monica Marquez, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner Ken Salazar in Case No. 03SA133.

Christopher G. Seldin, Assistant Pitkin County Attorney, Aspen, Colorado, Attorney for Petitioner-in-Intervention Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pitkin.

Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, P.C., Stanley L. Garnett, Lynne M. Hufnagel, P. Cole Finegan, Scott A. Sundstrom, Denver, CO, Attorneys for Petitioner-in-Intervention Mark Udall.

Hale Hackstaff Friesen, LLP, Allan L. Hale, Richard A. Westfall, Scott E. Gessler, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent-in-Intervention Colorado General Assembly.

Britt I. Weygandt, Jonathan M. Anderson, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Governor Bill Owens.

Thurbert E. Baker, Jeff L. Milsteen, Atlanta, Georgia, Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General of South Dakota, Roxanne Giedd, Assistant Attorney General of South Dakota, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia; Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General of South Dakota; and the Attorneys General of 42 other States and Territories.

Jenner & Block, LLC, Sam Hirsch, Washington, D.C., Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C., Edgar L. Neel, Michelle M. Merz, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Congresswoman Diana DeGette, the elected member of the United States House of Representatives for the First Congressional District of the State of Colorado.

Burt Neuborne, Deborah Goldberg, J.J. Gass, New York, New York, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Ronald A. Klain, Charles E. Borden, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Brennan Center for Justice.

Brenda L. Jackson, Fremont County Attorney, Canon City, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Fremont County, through its Board of Commissioners, Norma J. Hatfield, in her official capacity as the Clerk and Recorder for Fremont County.

Schwarz McNab & Bailey, P.C., Christopher M. Kamper, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Common Cause.

Davis & Ceriani, P.C., Patrick J. Kanouff, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Gail Schwartz and Cindy Carlisle.

Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.C., Michael J. Belo, Timothy D. Knaus & Associates, Timothy D. Knaus, Foster, Graham & Huttner, LLP, Michael Huttner, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Christine Baca.

McDermott Law Firm, Daniel B. Slater, Canon City, Colorado, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Fremont County Democratic Party and Roberto Costales.

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, A. Thomas Downey, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado House Minority in Support of Attorney General Salazar's Original Petition.

Kenneth L. Smith, Pro Se, Golden, Colorado.

Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

The cases before us are matters of great public importance involving the fundamental rights of Colorado citizens to vote for their representatives in the United States Congress. In the closing days of the 2003 legislative session, the General Assembly enacted a bill to redraw the boundaries of Colorado's seven congressional districts. With this new law, the General Assembly intended...

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