Legal Opinion
Magraw v. Donovan
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 21, 1958No. Civ. 2981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVITT, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, residents of several of the more densely populated areas of the state, principally in the urban sections, bring this action asking that the 1913 Minnesota Legislative Redistricting Act, M.S.A. § 2.02 et seq., be declared invalid and that the Secretary of State and County Auditors be enjoined from operating the election machinery at future elections under that law.
Plaintiffs contend that by virtue of a substantial increase in population and a major shift of it within the state, there is now gross inequality in the population of the legislative districts.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- South v. PetersSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Dyer v. Kazuhisa AbeDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1956
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Asbury Park Press, Inc. v. WoolleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Magraw v. DonovanDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1958
- Moss v. BurkhartDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1962
- Honsey v. DonovanDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1964
- Lamson v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
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