Klahr v. Goddard

Decision Date14 March 1966
Docket NumberCiv. No. 5112 Phoenix.
Citation254 F. Supp. 997
PartiesGary P. KLAHR, Plaintiff, v. Samuel P. GODDARD, Governor of the State of Arizona, and Wesley Bolin, Secretary of State of the State of Arizona, Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — District of Arizona

Before POPE, Circuit Judge, and MATHES and WALSH, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The Court having entered its decree herein on February 2, 1966, wherein it provided, inter alia, that Maricopa County and Pima County would be divided into temporary and provisional legislative subdistricts, the same to be as nearly equal in population as possible and composed of contiguous areas, and that the parties should file with the Clerk of this Court their proposals for so subdividing said Counties, and the parties having now stipulated a proposed plan for subdividing Maricopa County into legislative subdistricts, and each of the parties having separately submitted to the Court a proposed plan for subdividing Pima County into legislative subdistricts, and the Court having considered such plans and being fully advised in the premises, and good cause appearing therefor,

It is ordered, adjudged and decreed as follows:

That Maricopa County shall be divided into fifteen legislative subdistricts, designated 8-A to 8-O, inclusive, each legislative subdistrict to be composed of the Maricopa County election precincts hereinafter specified:

                  Maricopa County                        Legislative
                  Election Precincts                      Subdistrict No
                  Barr, Chandler 1, Chandler 2,                8-A
                  Chandler 3, Chandler 4
                  Guadalupe, Gilbert, Higley
                  Hope, Kyrene, Queen Creek
                  Roosevelt, Sierra Vista
                  Tempe 5, Tempe 7, Tempe 8
                  Tempe 9, Tempe 10, Tempe 11,
                  Tempe 12, Thunderbird, Valley
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                  Maricopa County                             Legislative
                  Election Precincts                          Subdistrict No.
                  Buckhorn, Desert Baths, Lehi,                    8-B
                  Mesa 1, Mesa 2, Mesa 3, Mesa 4,
                  Mesa 5, Mesa 6, Mesa 7, Mesa 8,
                  Mesa 9, Mesa 10, Mesa 11,
                  Mesa 12, Mesa 13, Mesa 14,
                  Mesa 15, Mesa 16, Mesa 17
                  Apache, Arcadia, Cave Creek,                     8-C
                  Century, Fish Creek, Honda,
                  Hopi, Ingelside, Kiva, Maricopa,
                  Mohave, Navajo, Paiute, Paradise,
                  Picadilly, Pima, St. Barnabas,
                  Scottsdale East, Scottsdale High,
                  Scottsdale West
                  Barnes, Cochise, Coronado,                       8-D
                  Gardens, Geronimo, Hohokam,
                  Oak Park, St. Daniel, Supai,
                  Tempe 1, Tempe 2, Tempe 3,
                  Tempe 4, Tempe 6, Tempe 13,
                  Tempe 14, Tempe 15, Tonolea,
                  Tonto, Yavapai
                  Biltmore, Brentwood, Camelback                   8-E
                  High, Cavalier, Cudia, Desert
                  Park, Glenrosa, Harvard, Kachina,
                  Lafayette, Monte Vista, Olivette,
                  Squaw Peak, Suncrest, Ventura,
                  Yale, Zuni
                  Balsz, Bellview, Creighton,                      8-F
                  Crockett, Del Ray, Edgemont,
                  Edison, Garfield, Griffith, Holly,
                  Hunt, King, Machan, Oakleaf,
                  Palm, Papago, Perry Park, St.
                  Agnes, Whittier, Windsor
                  Bethune, Broadway, Carver                        8-G
                  Court, Dunbar, Grant, Hialeah,
                  Highway, Julian, Lincoln, Longfellow,
                  Lowell, Monroe, Okemah,
                  Parkview, Rio Vista, Skiff,
                  Sky Harbor, South Mountain High,
                  Stevenson, Sunland, Wilson
                  Alvarado, Brill, Capitol, Carnation,             8-H
                  Clarendon, College, Emerson, Encanto,
                  Flower, Franklin, Kenilworth, Los
                  Olivos, Lynwood, McKinley, Monterey,
                  North High, Palmcroft,
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