Legal Opinion
Lance v. Davidson
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided July 27, 2005No. 03-CV-02453-ZLW-CBSPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DAVID M. EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This action, which we hear pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284, is part of the ongoing litigation over federal election districts created by the Colorado courts in the wake of the 2000 census. Specifically, Plaintiffs assert that Article V, § 44, of the Colorado Constitution, as it has been interpreted by the Colorado Supreme Court in People ex rel. Salazar v. Davidson, 79 P.3d 1221 (Colo.2003), violates (1) the Elections Clause, which vests in the state legislatures the authority to determine the manner in which congressional representatives…
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