Opinion
Nos. 97-15030, 97-15031
Filed February 10, 1997
Paul Dobson, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for defendants-appellants Pete Wilson, Governor, et al.
Michael A. Carvin, Cooper Carvin, Washington, DC, for defendant-intervenor-appellant Californians Against Discrimination and Preferences, Inc.
Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellees Coalition for Economic Equity, et al.
Tamu K. Sudduth, Morrison Foerster, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae A. Ruiz Construction Company and Associates, Inc., Chiang C.M. Construction, Inc., and Cresci Electric, Inc.
Samuel R. Bagenstos, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.
D.C. No. CV-96-4024-TEH
Before: O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
Submission of the motion of Defendant-Intervenor/Appellant for stay of preliminary injunction is deferred pending further order of the court.
Pursuant to Ninth Circuit Rule 3-3, this panel will retain jurisdiction over the merits of these appeals, Gregorio T. v. Wilson 54 F.3d 599, 600 (9th Cir. 1995), and expedite the briefing schedule as follows: Plaintiffs/Appellees shall file their answering brief by February 21, 1997, and Defendants/Appellants and Defendant-Intervenor/Appellant shall file their respective reply briefs, unless waived, by February 28, 1997, whereupon the appeals from the grant of the preliminary injunction shall be submitted on the merits.
Additional oral argument, if necessary, shall be scheduled by further order of the court.