Legal Opinion
Beens v. Erdahl
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided January 25, 1972No. 4-71-Civil 151PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND PLAN OF APPORTIONMENT
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This action has been pending for nearly ten months. During that time, there have been many hearings, as well as numerous briefs and motions. In order to clarify the nature of the problem involved and the Court’s resolution of that problem, we outline the history of the litigation.
On April 9, 1971, the plaintiffs filed a complaint seeking to have the Court declare the Minnesota legislative apportionment statutes unconstitutional. They also asked the Court to enjoin future elections under the present apportionment statutes…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scott v. GermanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Beens v. ErdahlDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1972
- Apportionment of Van Buren County Board of Commissioners-1972Michigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Parsons v. HickeySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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