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HOLT v. 2011 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT

Nos. 7 MM 2012, 1 WM 2012, 2 MM 2012, 3 MM 2012, 4 MM 2012, 5 MM 2012, 6 MM 2012, 8 MM 2012, 9 MM 2012, 10 MM 2012, 17 MM 2012, 4 WM 2012

38 A.3d 711 (2012)

Amanda E. HOLT, Elaine Tomlin, Louis Nudi, Diane Edbril, Dariel I. Jamieson, Lora Lavin, James Yoest, Jeffrey Meyer, Christopher H. Fromme, Timothy F. Burnett, Chris Hertzog, Glen Eckhart, and Mary Frances Ballard, Petitioners v. 2011 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, Respondent. Senator Jay Costa, Senator Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr., Senator Christine M. Tartaglione, Senator Shirley M. Kitchen, Senator Leanna M. Washington, Senator Michael J. Stack, Senator Vincent J. Hughes, Senator Anthony H. Williams, Senator Judith L. Schwank, Senator John T. Yudichak, Senator Daylin Leach, Senator Lisa M. Boscola, Senator Andrew E. Dinniman, Senator John P. Blake, Senator Richard A. Kasunic, Senator John N. Wozniak, Senator Jim Ferlo, Senator Wayne D. Fontana, Senator James R. Brewster, and Senator Timothy J. Solobay, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Mayor Carolyn Comitta, Council President Holly Brown, William J. Scott, Jr., Herbert A. Schwabe, II, Jane Heald Close, Floyd Robert Bielski, David Laleike, E. Brian Abbott, Nathaniel Smith, and W. Donald Braceland, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Mayor Leo Scoda and Council Person Jennifer Mayo, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Thomas Schiffer, Alison Bausman, Rachel J. Amdur, Joan Tarka, Lawrence W. Abel, Margaret G. Morscheck, Lawrence J. Chrzan, Julia Schultz and Shirley Resnick, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Sekela Coles, Cynthia Jackson and Lee Taliaferro, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Patty Kim, Petitioner v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Edward J. Bradley, Jr., Patrick McKenna, Jr., Dorothy Gallagher, Richard H. Lowe, and John F. "Jack" Byrne, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Dennis J. Baylor, Petitioner v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Andrew Dominick Alosi, Petitioner v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. Carlos A. Zayas, Petitioner v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent. William C. Kortz, Michelle L. Vezzani, Michael E. Cherepko, Gregory Erosenko, Joyce Popovich, John Bevec, Lisa Bashioum, and Richard Christopher, Petitioners v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Opinion Issued February 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shauna Christine Clemmer , for Bureau of Elections, Department of State.

Linda L. Kelly , Office of Attorney General, Pittsburgh, for Attorney General's Office.

Clifford B. Levine , Pittsburgh, for Costa et al.

David J. Montgomery , Montgomery Law Firm, LLC, for William C. Kortz, et al.

Samuel C. Stretton , Law Office of Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for Mayor Comitta, et al.

Samuel C. Stretton , Law Office of Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for Mayor Leo Scoda and Council Person Jennifer Mayo.

Eric Louis Ring , Bala Cynwyd, for Schiffer, et al.

Robert Walter Scott , Robert W. Scott, P.C., Philadelphia, for Sekela Coles, Cynthia Jackson and Lee Taliaferro.

Adam Craig Bonin , Kevin Michael Greenberg , Flaster/Greenberg, P.C., Philadelphia, for Patty Kim.

Michael Churchill , Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (The), Virginia A. Gibson , David Newmann , Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Holt, et al.

James Manly Parks , Duane Morris, L.L.P., for Edward Bradley, Jr., Patrick McKenna, Jr., Dorothy Gallagher, Richard Lowe, John Byrne.

Dennis J. Baylor , pro se.

Andrew Dominick Alosi , pro se.

Carlos A. Zayas , pro se.

The Honorable Joseph A. Del Sole , Stephen John Del Sole , Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, Charles E. O'Connor Jr. , Philadelphia, William Shaw Stickman IV , Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, James Richard Thornburg , for 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 25th day of January, 2012, upon consideration of the petitions for review and briefs in these legislative redistricting appeals, and after entertaining oral argument on January 23, 2012, this Court finds that the final 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Plan is contrary to law. PA. CONST. art. II, § 17(d).1 Accordingly, the final 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Plan is ...

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