Legal Opinion
In Re Interrogatories Propounded by the Senate Concerning House Bill 1078
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 29, 1975No. 26790PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE PRINGLE and MR. JUSTICE GROVES
delivered the opinion of the Court.
At the general election in Colorado, held on November 5, 1974, among other propositions on the ballot were No. 6 and No. 9, being proposed constitutional amendments relating to reapportionment. Amendment No. 6 was addressed to several other subjects, while Amendment No. 9 was solely concerned with reapportionment. Amendment No. 6, referred by the General Assembly, received 386,284 affirmative votes; and there were 386,725 votes for Amendment No. 9, which had been initiated by petition. Thus, No. 9 received 441…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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