Legal Opinion
Bates v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1997No. 97-15864, 97-15914PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
A former state legislator and several of his constituents filed this action, contending the lifetime term limits in California’s Proposition 140 violate their federal constitutional rights. After a trial, the district court agreed and enjoined the Proposition’s enforcement. The district court stayed its injunction pending appeal.
A divided three-judge panel of this court affirmed the district court. A majority of the active judges of the full court then voted to rehear the case en banc and, to accommodate the parties’ interests, we agreed to rehear the…
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3Cited by41 opinions
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