United States Ninth Circuit

A geographic distribution requirement for qualifying initiatives for a ballot in Idaho violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because a few voters in sparsely populated counties have power equal to a vastly larger number of voters in populous counties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2003
• Decided 09/08/2003
• Published 09/08/2003

Judges

• Before REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brian P. Kane, Deputy Attorney General, and Alan G. Lance, Attorney General, Boise, ID, for defendant-appellant., Paul Grant, Englewood, CO, for plaintiff-appellees., Christopher Troupis, Troupis and Summer, Merididan, ID, for plaintiff-appellees.