State Ex Rel. Wulfing v. Mooney

These cases are original actions in prohibition filed in this court. They were consolidated for. the purpose of argument. The issues in these cases are almost identical and can be decided in one opinion.

Following the report of the 1950 decennial census of the United States to the President, the Governor appointed a commission of five Democrats and five Bepublicans to reapportion the 34 senatorial districts of the state, pursuant to section 7, article III of our 1945 Constitution. Acting under sections 5 and 7 of that article, this commission apportioned three senatorial districts to St. Louis…