SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT sc IN RE PETITION OF REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, EX. REL. MOTION AND MEMORANDUM OF REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS MARTIN LOONEY, SANDY NAFIS, BRENDAN SHARKEY, AND DONALD WILLIAMS PROPOSING PROCESS FOR SUPREME COURT'S CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF A CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN ATTORNEYS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS. Aaron S. Bayer Bradley W. Moore WIGGIN AND DANA LLP One CityPlace 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103-3402 (860) 297-3700 (860) 525-9380 (fax) Juris No. 67700 abayer@wiggin.com bmoore@wiggin.comTABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES. |. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF FACTS... Il. THE LIMITED CHANGES NEEDED IN EXISTING DISTRICT LINES, THE LIMITED TIME FRAME, APPLICABLE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES, AND PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS ALL FAVOR A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR ADOPTING A REDISTRICTING PLAN... 4 Ill. PROPOSED PROCESS FOR CONSIDERING AND ADOPTING A. REDISTRICTING PLAN...TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Alexander v. Taylor, 2002 OK 59, 51 P.3d 1204 (Okla. 2002)..... Below v. Gardner, 148 N.H. 1, 963 A.2d 785 (N.H. 2002).... Cummings v. Meskill, 347 F. Supp. 1173 (D. Conn. 1972 Donnelly v. Meskill, 345 F. Supp. 962 (D. Conn. 1972). Egolf v. Duran, No. D-101-cv-201102942 (N.M. 1st Judicial Dist. Ct. Oct. 24 2011).......9 Fonfara v. Reapportionment Commission, 222 Conn. 166, 610 A.2d 153 (1992). Gaffney v. Cummings, 412 U.S. 735 (1973)... Guy v. Miller, No. 11-OC-00042-1B (Nev. Dist. Ct., Carson City Oct. 27 2011) 8 Johnson v. Miller, 922 F. Supp. 1556 (S.D. Ga. 1998). Karcher v. Daggett, 462 U.S. 725 (1983) Miller v. Schaffer, 164 Conn. 8 (1972). Perrin v. Kitzhaber, 191 Ore. App. 439, 83 P.3d 368 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). Upham v. Seamon, 456 U.S. 37 (1982) -....- White v. Weiser, 412 U.S. 738 (1973)..... OTHER AUTHORITIES 19S. Proc., Pt. 4, 1976 Sess., p. 1574, remarks of Senator Robert Julianelle Conn. Const., Article third, § 6(d) . Conn. Gen. Assembly, Gov't Admin and Policy Committee hearing, March 25, 1976 ....9 Reapportionment Commission, Meeting Minutes, Dec. 21, 2001 (available at: http:/www.cga.ct.gov/red/documents/122101_Minutes.