MINORITY COALITION v. INDEPENDENT COM'N

No. 1 CA-CV 04-0061.

121 P.3d 843 (2005)

211 Ariz. 337

ARIZONA MINORITY COALITION FOR FAIR REDISTRICTING; State Senator Ramon Valadez; State Senator Peter Rios; State Senator Carlos Avelar; State Senator James Sedillo; Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Garrido Wilcox; Esther Lumm; Virginia Rivera; Los Abogados, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, City of Flagstaff, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE ARIZONA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION; Steven W. Lynn, in his official capacity as Chairman and a Commissioner thereof; Andrea Minkoff, in her official capacity as Vice Chairman and a Commissioner thereof; Daniel R. Elder, in his official capacity as a Commissioner thereof; Joshua M. Hall, in his official capacity as a Commissioner thereof; James R. Huntwork, in his official capacity as a Commissioner thereof, Defendants-Appellants, and Arizonans for Fair and Legal Redistricting, an Arizona non-profit corporation; Dr. Jose Burell; Francis Ann Burell; Ephram Cordova; Craig Echeveste; Armando Gaypan; Jesse Hernandez; Gina Marcela; Al Pena; Al Rodriguez; Raul B. Romero; Raul R. Romero, Sr.; Martin Sepulveda; Ilia Terrazas; City of Kingman; Mohave County; Lake Havasu City, Intervenors-Appellants, The Navajo Nation; Leonard Gorman, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, a state agency; Janice K. Brewer, in her official capacity as Arizona Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellees, and The Hopi Tribe, Arizonans for Fair and Legal Redistricting, Inc., an Arizona non-profit corporation; Dr. Jose Burell; Francis Ann Burell; Ephram Cordova; Craig Echeveste; Armando Gaypan; Jesse Hernandez; Gina Marcela; Al Pena; Al Rodriguez; Raul B. Romero; Raul R. Romero, Sr.; Martin Sepulveda; Ilia Terrazas, Intervenors-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona. Division 1, Department C.

October 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gammage & Burnham, P.L.C., By Lisa T. Hauser, Cameron C. Artigue, Leonard W. Aragon, Phoenix, for Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and Commissioners.

Haralson Miller Pitt Feldman & McAnally, PLC, By Jose de Jesus Rivera, Peter T. Limperis, Jane E. Reidel, Amy Hernandez, Phoenix, for Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and Commissioners.

Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., By Mark C. Dangerfield, Phoenix, for Arizonans for Fair & Legal Redistricting.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, By Michael A. Carvin, Admitted pro hac vice, Washington, DC, for Arizonans for Fair & Legal Redistricting.

Perkins Coie Brown & Bain, By Paul F. Eckstein, Michael S. Mandell, Suzanne R. Scheiner Marwil, Charles A. Blanchard, Phoenix, for Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting, et al.

Lewis and Roca, LLP, By Richard A. Halloran, Susan E. Anderson, Susan M. Freeman, Phoenix, for Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting, et al.

Law Offices of Aaron Kizer, PLC, By Aaron Kizer, Phoenix, Co-Counsel for Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting.

Sacks Tierney, By Marvin S. Cohen, Judith M. Dworkin, Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee, Scottsdale, for The Navajo Nation and Leonard Gorman.

Navajo Nation, Department of Justice, By Dana L. Bobroff, Assistant Attorney General, Window Rock, for The Navajo Nation and Leonard Gorman.

Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, By Mary R. O'Grady, Solicitor General, Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Gifford Funkhouser, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for Arizona Secretary of State.

Jennings Strouss & Salmon, PLC, By David B. Earl, David J. Cantelme, Phoenix, for City of Flagstaff.

Robert A. Taylor, Kingman City Attorney, Kingman, for City of Kingman.

Lake Havasu City Attorney's Office, By W. Kent Foree, Lake Havasu City, for Lake Havasu City.

Matthew J. Smith, Mohave County Attorney, By Jeffrey D. Dollins, Deputy County Attorney, Deborah L. Herbert, Deputy County Attorney, Kingman, for Mohave County.

Roush McCracken Guerrero & Miller, By Daniel R. Ortega, Jr., Phoenix, for Hopi Tribe.


AMENDED OPINION

PER CURIAM.

¶ 1 In November 2000, Arizona voters approved Proposition 106, which amended the Arizona Constitution and transferred the power to redraw lines for both legislative and congressional districts from the state legislature to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission ("Commission"). Ariz. Indep. Redistricting Comm'n v. Fields, 206 Ariz. 130, 134, ¶ 4, 75...

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