Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Meskill
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 12, 1972No. Civ. A. 14736PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This action challenges the Reapportionment Plan for the Connecticut General Assembly devised by a Board of three members, the last available link in a chain of methods mandated by the Connecticut Constitution for the production of a plan of reapportionment for the 1972 elections. The plaintiffs are U. S. citizens, residents of towns in Connecticut, taxpayers, and registered voters. They claim that the Plan violates the Fourteenth Amendment because the deviations from mathematical equality among the districts are impermissibly large,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- In Re Senate Bill 177Supreme Court of Vermont · 1972
- New Democratic Coalition v. Secretary of StateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
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- Cummings v. MeskillDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1972
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