Jacobus v. Alaska

338 F.3d 1095 Kenneth P. JACOBUS; Kenneth P. Jacobus, P.C.; Wayne Anthony Ross; Ross & Miner P.C.; Scott A. Kohlhaas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of ALASKA; State of Alaska Public Offices Commission, Defendants-Appellants. No. 01-35666. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 2002 — Seattle, Washington. Filed August 12, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Martin T. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendants-appellants. Kenneth P. Jacobus, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Benjamin L. Ginsberg, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Republican National Committee. Glenn J. Moramarco, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York City, New York, for amici curiae Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold and Representatives Christopher Shays and Martin Meehan. Brenda Wright, National Voting Rights Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, for amicus curiae National Voting Rights Institute. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska; James K. Singleton, Chief Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-00272-JKS. Before: Harlington…