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VANDERMOST v. BOWEN

No. S198387.

53 Cal.4th 421 (2012)

JULIE VANDERMOST, Petitioner, v. DEBRA BOWEN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent; CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, Intervener.

Supreme Court of California.

January 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell McAndrews & Hiltachk, Charles H. Bell, Jr. , Thomas W. Hiltachk , Colleen C. McAndrews , Paul T. Gough , Brian T. Hildreth and Ashlee N. Titus for Petitioner.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Peter A. Krause and George Waters , Deputy Attorneys General; and Lowell Finley for Respondent.

Morrison & Foerster, James J. Brosnahan , George C. Harris and Benjamin J. Fox for Intervener.

Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin Johansen and Thomas A. Willis for Senator Darrell Steinberg as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Repondent and Intervener.

Kathay Feng for California Common Cause as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener.

Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, Marguerite Mary Leoni and James R. Parrinello for Charles T. Munger, Jr., as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.—

On December 9, 2011, we issued an order to show cause in this matter to consider an election-related question that must be addressed expeditiously to avoid potential disruption of the statewide primary and general elections to be held in June and November 2012. A proposed referendum (designated No. 1499), for which petition signatures have been gathered and submitted to election officials, would require...

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