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IN RE 2011 REDISTRICTING CASES

No. S-14721.

294 P.3d 1032 (2012)

In re 2011 REDISTRICTING CASES.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing in Part February 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. White and Nicole A. Corr , Patton Boggs LLP, Anchorage, for Petitioner Alaska Redistricting Board.

Michael J. Walleri and Jason Gazewood , Gazewood & Weiner PC, Fairbanks, for Petitioners Ronald Dearborn and George Riley.

Thomas F. Klinkner , Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot, Anchorage, for Respondents Brenda Norheim, Mark Jensen, and Nancy Strand.

Scott A. Brandt-Erichsen , Assistant Borough Attorney, Ketchikan, for Respondent Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

Joseph H. McKinnon , Anchorage, for Amicus Alaska Democratic Party.

Natalie A. Landreth , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, for Amici Alaska Federation of Natives; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; First Alaskans Institute; McGrath, Takotna, Nicolai, et al.; and Bering Straits Native Corporation.

Joseph N. Levesque , Levesque Law Group, LLC, Anchorage, for Amicus Aleutians East Borough.

Carol Brown , Association of Village Council Presidents, Bethel, for Amicus Association of Village Council Presidents.

A. René Broker and Jill S. Dolan , Assistant Borough Attorneys, Fairbanks, for Amicus Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Marcia R. Davis , Calista Corporation, Anchorage, for Amicus Calista Corporation. Thomas E. Schulz , Ketchikan, for Amicus RIGHTS Coalition.

Brooks W. Chandler , Boyd Chandler & Falconer, Anchorage, for Amicus Haines Borough.

Jonathan Tillinghast , James Sheehan , and E. Budd Simpson III , Simpson, Tillinghast, Sorenson & Lorensen, Juneau, for Amici Sealaska Corporation and Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

Christopher Lundberg , Haglund Kelly Horngren Jones & Wilder LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Amicus Metlakatla Indian Community.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices, and MATTHEWS, Senior Justice.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Earlier in the current redistricting cycle, we issued an order remanding to the superior court with instructions to remand to the redistricting board to formulate a new plan in compliance with our case law. We agreed with the superior court that, in drafting its plan, the board failed to follow the process we mandated in order to ensure that the redistricting plan would comply with the Alaska...

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