Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Smiley v. Holm
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 9, 1931No. 28,679PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, C. J.
The appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the petition of relator, a citizen and taxpayer, on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cáuse of action.
These proceedings arise from an act of the seventy-first congress, approved June 18, 1929, entitled:
“An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress.”
The effect of the act ivas to reduce Minnesota’s representatives in the house of representatives of the congress of the United States from ten to nine members. Intending to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Minor v. HappersettSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Pope v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Hawke v. Smith (No. 1)Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- People Ex Rel. Carter v. . RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Smiley v. HolmSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Moore v. HarperSupreme Court of the United States · 2023
- Brown v. SaundersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
- State Ex Rel. Gardner v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- State Ex Rel. Carroll v. BeckerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
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