Anne M. McNEIL, Thomas E. Williams, Roseanna Siebert, Paul Digaetano and Kevin O'Toole, Plaintiffs-Respondents,
v.
The LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION OF the STATE of New Jersey, Defendant-Appellant,
and
Regena L. Thomas, Secretary of State of New Jersey and Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents.
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Argued April 28, 2003.
Decided July 31, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sam Hirsch, a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars and Leon J. Sokol argued the cause for appellant (Sokol, Behot and Fiorenzo, Scarinci & Hollenbeck, Hackensack and Genova Burns & Vernoia, attorneys, Livingston; Mr. Hirsch and Paul M. Smith, a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars, of counsel; Mr. Sokol, Steven N. Siegel, Hackensack, Donald Scarinci, Robert E. Levy, Nomi Irene Lowy, Lyndhurs, Angelo J. Genova, Livingston, Celia S. Bosco, Short Hills and Laura H. Corvo, on the briefs).
Allison E. Accurso, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents Regena L. Thomas and Peter C. Harvey (Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Donna Kelly, Senior Deputy Attorney General, on the letters in lieu of brief).
Kevin B. Riordan, argued the cause for respondents Anne M. McNeil, Thomas E. Williams, Roseanna Siebert, Paul DiGaetano and Kevin O'Toole (Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas, Riordan & Benson, attorneys).
Michael A. Armstrong, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey (Mr. Armstrong, attorney; Mr. Armstrong and Darrin Howard, on the brief).
Lawrence S. Lustberg and Shavar D. Jeffries, submitted a letter brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey State Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People.
JoAnne Y. Watson, Corporation Counsel, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of amicus curiae City of Newark.
Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.
No redistricting plan adopted in New Jersey since the inception of the "one person, one vote" doctrine in 1964 has conformed with our State Constitution's political boundary requirement for the State's two largest municipalities. Since that time, Newark and Jersey City have been divided into at least three districts each. The...
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