Legal Opinion
Martin v. Venables
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 8, 1975No. Civ. B-75-227PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This suit, challenging the apportionment of councilmen within the town of Stratford, presents initially the question of whether apportionment on the basis of registered voters, rather than total population, violates the one person-one vote requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Plaintiffs are residents and qualified voters in each of the ten voting districts of the Town. Defendants are the town’s councilmen, town manager, town clerk, and a political party’s town chairman, all of whom have responsibilities for the conduct of elections. The suit is…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Farnum v. BurnsDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1982
- Morris v. Board of EstimateDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- Cohen v. MaloneyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- DuBois v. City of College ParkCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Morris v. Board of EstimateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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