Legal Opinion
Ferrell v. State of Oklahoma Ex Rel. Hall
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided May 22, 1972No. Civ. 71-656PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EUBANKS, District Judge.
BACKGROUND AND OUTLINE OF THE ISSUES
This Declaratory class action is brought by five Republican State Senators and four individual citizens of the State of Oklahoma challenging the constitutionality of the Oklahoma State Senate Apportionment Act of 1971. A three-judge court was convened to hear the case and jurisdiction is predicated upon the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the *75United States; 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284; 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988. The specific contentions of the plaintiffs as set forth in…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Swann v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- George Wallace, Sr. v. J. P. House, Individually and as Registrar of Voters of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, L. W. Davis, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Legislature v. ReineckeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
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