Legal Opinion
Powers v. Maine School Administrative District No. 1
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 25, 1973No. Civ. 1897 N.DPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this action are citizens, residents, taxpayers and voters of the city of Presque Isle, one of five Maine municipalities which have combined to form Maine School Administrative District No. 1. They challenge on equal protection grounds the allocation of seats on the board of directors of the District and seek reapportionment of the board by application of the “one person, one vote” principle of Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 84 S.Ct. 526, 11 L.Ed.2d 481 (1964); Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L.Ed.2d 506…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- John E. Baker and Geraldine S. George v. Regional High School District No. 5, Joseph M. Scott, Sr. v. Nonnewaug Regional School District No. 14Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Gerald P. Kelleher v. Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Earl Panior and William M. Johnson, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. The Iberville Parish School Board, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- O'CONNORS v. HelfgottSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- Barnes v. Board of Directors, Mount Anthony Union High School District (No. 14)District Court, D. Vermont · 1976
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