Legal Opinion
Jamerson v. Womack
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 6, 1992No. Record 920460PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
In this suit, we decide whether the chancellor erred in holding that the General Assembly’s 1991 reapportionment act (the 1991 plan) did not violate the compactness requirements of Article II, § 6 of the Constitution of Virginia in fixing the boundary lines of two of the forty senatorial districts.1
*509W.E. Jamerson and 33 other residents, taxpayers, and “duly qualified” voters in the 15th and 18th Senatorial Electoral Districts (the complainants) brought this declaratory judgment suit against Pamela M. Womack, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and other state officials (the defendants). The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Katzenbach v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Ex parte SettleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
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