Legal Opinion
Smith v. Idaho Commission on Redistricting
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2001No. 27760, 27811PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROUT, Chief Justice.
Petitioners Smith et al. (Smith) invoked this Court’s original jurisdiction pursuant to article III, § 2, subsection 5 of the Idaho State Constitution and Idaho Appellate Rule 5, seeking injunctive relief against the State of Idaho (the State) regarding redistrieting of state legislative districts. In a separate action, Bingham County et al. (Bingham County) filed a substantially similar petition and the two cases were consolidated.
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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1994, the people of Idaho voted on and passed Senate Joint Resolution 105, which was a proposed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Swann v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Bingham County v. Idaho Commission for ReapportionmentIdaho Supreme Court · 2002
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- Durst v. ID Comm. for ReapportionmentIdaho Supreme Court · 2022
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