Legal Opinion
Bacon v. Carlin
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 21, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-4233PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, five qualified Kansas voters, have brought this suit challenging the constitutionality of the present apportionment scheme of the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. Defendants are the Governor of Kansas, the Secretary of State, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Legislative and Congressional Apportionment. The parties argued the case on stipulated facts before this three-judge panel convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a).
The Kansas Constitution requires…
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