Legal Opinion
Long v. Docking
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 28, 1968No. Civ. A. W-3220PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM OPINION AND DECREE
2Per curiam
This matter has been before the Court since 1965, when, in the decision filed and reported, 251 F.Supp. 541, the Court held invalid Chapter 1, Laws of Kansas, Special Session of 1964, because there existed greater inequality of apportionment in the Kansas State Senate than was constitutionally permissible under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Injunctive relief was withheld when the Court considered the proximity of forthcoming elections at which a constitutionally elected House of Representatives…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Swann v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. TawesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Long v. AveryDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1966
- Harris v. AndersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
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4Cited by10 opinions
- In Re Apportionment Law, Etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1982
- In Re the Attorney General, StephanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
- New Democratic Coalition v. Secretary of StateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Pohoryles v. MandelDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1970
- Winter v. DockingDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1974
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