Legal Opinion
Faubus v. Kinney
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 17, 1965No. 5-3649PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.
This opinion deals with reapportionment of the Arkansas General Assembly.. On January 28, 1965, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, three judges sitting as the court, 1 held that the existing apportionment of the membership of the House of Representatives and Senate of this state, and the method of apportioning the membership were constitutionally invalid and void, as contrary to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Arkansas Board of Apportionment…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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