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ROBERTSON v. BARTELS

Civ. No. 01-2024 (DRD).

890 F.Supp.2d 519 (2012)

Norman M. ROBERTSON, John Coiro, Eugene Kulick, Gary Colletti, Jay R. Schwartz, and Dennis E. Gonzalez, Plaintiffs, New Jersey Democratic State Committee Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Latino Action Network, Latino Coalition of Monmouth County, Latinas United for Political Empowerment Political Action Committee, and Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Interveners v. Larry BARTELS, Richard Codey, Sonia Delgado, Thomas Giblin, Lewis Greenwald, Bonnie Satson Coleman, in their official capacities as Members of the State of New Jersey Apportionment Commission, the State of New Jersey Apportionment Commission, Deforest B. Soaries, Jr., Secretary of State of New Jersey, and John Farmer, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Robertson, Esq. , Kalison, McBride & Jackson, P.A., Warren, NJ, Ira W. Mintz, Esq. , Adam M. Gordon, Esq. , Weissman & Mintz LLC, Somerset, NJ, for Plaintiff-Interveners.

Robert L. Clifford, Esq. , McElroy, Deutsch and Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, Leon Joseph Sokol, Esq. , Sokol, Behot & Fiorenzo, Esqs., Hackensack, NJ, Robert E. Levy, Esq. , Scarinci Hollenbeck, Lyndhurst, NJ, Robert T. Lougy, Esq. , Division of Law & Public Safety, Donna Kelly, Esq. , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, for Defendants.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

This case raises two significant issues:

First, did this Court err when, in 2001, it held that the one-year durational residency requirement to run for New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly contained in Article IV, Section 1, Paragraph 2 of the New Jersey State Constitution violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and enjoined the New

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