Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Garcia v. Fox-Young
Case Information
Date Filed: October 27, 2008
State: New Mexico
Issue: Improper Election Communications
Courts that Heard this Case: Second Judicial District Court (Case D-202-CV-200811178)
Issue:
Whether efforts by agents of the Republican Party to research questionable voter registrations and then subsequently disseminate the private information of those voters violate New Mexico law.
Status:
Complaint filed 10/27/08. Answer filed 11/21/08. Motion to stay discovery and bifurcate discovery filed 12/8/08. Request for hearing on motion filed 12/8/08.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
- Answer (filed 11/21/08)
- Motion to Stay Discovery and Bifurcate Discovery (filed 12/8/08)
- Memorandum in Support
- Request for Hearing on Motion (filed 12/8/08)
- Motion for Rule 12/Rule 23 Scheduling Conference (filed 12/10/08)
- Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Motion for Rule 12/Rule 23 Scheduling Conference (filed 1/5/09)
- Defendant's Reply to Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's motion to Stay Discovery and to Bifurcate Discovery (filed 1/23/09)
Commentary
A Poster Child for Dysfunctional Districting
Daniel P. Tokaji
Fifty years ago next month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr (1962), inaugurating the “reapportionment revolution” which led to the redrawing of legislative districts across the country. This milestone provides the opportunity to reflect not only on what has been accomplished, but also on what still needs to be done.
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