SEMPLE v. GRISWOLD

No. 18-1123.

934 F.3d 1134 (2019)

William SEMPLE, individually; The Coalition for Colorado Universal Healthcare, a not-for-profit corporation, a/k/a Cooperate Colorado; Colorado-CareYES, a Colorado not-for-profit corporation; Daniel Hayes, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jena GRISWOLD, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellant. Former Governors Bill Ritter; Bill Owens; The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; Raise the Bar; Colorado Concern; Colorado Restaurant Association; Restaurant Law Center; Alamosa County Economic Development Corporation; Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado; Club 20; Colorado Economic Leadership Fund; Colorado Farm Bureau; Delta County, Colorado; Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce; Garfield County; Grand County; Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce; Jackson County; Mesa County; Moffat County; Montrose County; Palisade Chamber of Commerce; Pro 15; Rio Blanco County; Routt County; Town of Rangely; State of Utah; State of Idaho; State of Texas; State of Wyoming; 350 Colorado; Be the Change-USA; Colorado Rising; Douglas County Greens; Earthworks; Greater Boulder Green Party; Jefferson County Green Party; Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County; Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center; Patricia A. Olson; Colorado Community Rights Network, Inc.; Protect Our Loveland; Colorado Water Congress; Utah Water Conservancy District; Colorado Common Cause, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED August 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General ( Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General; Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General and Counsel of Record; and LeeAnn Morrill , First Assistant Attorney General and Counsel of Record, with him on the briefs), State of Colorado, Department of Law, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Ralph Ogden , Wilcox & Ogden, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jeffrey S. Hurd , Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Grand Junction Colorado; Jonathan Anderson and Gwendolyn Benevento , Maven Law Group, Denver, Colorado; Thomas M. Rogers III , Hermine Kallman , and Dietrich C. Hoefner , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Denver, Colorado; Tyler R. Green , Utah Solicitor General, and Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, Utah; Lawrence G. Wasden , Idaho Attorney General, Boise, Idaho; Ken Paxton , Texas Attorney General, Austin, Texas; Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Jason R. Dunn and Matthew C. Arentsen , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Denver, Colorado; Michael A. Sink , Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, Colorado; Stephen H. Leonhardt , Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Greenwood Village, Colorado; Mark A. Hermundstad , Ute Water Conservancy District, Grand Junction, Colorado, on the briefs for Amici Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Elizabeth A. Comeaux , of counsel, Libby Comeaux Law LLC, Denver, Colorado; Karen R. Breslin , Progressive Law LLC, Lakewood, Colorado; Martha M. Tierney , Tierney Lawrence LLC, Denver, Colorado, on the briefs for Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, MURPHY, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


I. Introduction

A citizen initiative passed by Colorado voters in 2016 (i.e., "Amendment 71") made it more difficult to amend the Colorado constitution through the initiative process. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(2.5). Plaintiffs filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality...

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