Legal Opinion · Dissent
Scholle v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1960No. Calendar 48,580PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1DissentKavanagh, J.
This is an original action of mandamus challenging various amendments to the Michigan Constitution (1908) as being violative of the equal protection provision of the Michigan Constitution (1908), art 2, § 1, and of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.1
*4Plaintiff, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Michigan, resides in the Michigan twelfth senatorial district and is a qualified elector therein. He is a taxpayer and freeholder of the city of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan. Plaintiff brings this suit…
2Cases cited80 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. Tawes, Governor & Board of State CanvassersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Scholle v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- Butterworth v. DempseyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1964
- In Re Apportionment of State Legislature—1964Michigan Supreme Court · 1964
- Lisco v. LoveDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1963
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