Legal Opinion
Jeffers v. Beebe
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided September 17, 2012No. 2:12CV00016 JLHPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAVENSKI R. SMITH, District Judge.
Following the 2010 census, the Arkansas Board of Apportionment1 (“Board”), consisting of Governor Mike Beebe, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, and Secretary of State Mark Martin, adopted by a 2-to-l vote a plan of reapportionment for the Arkansas General Assembly. Relevant to the present dispute, this plan created new Arkansas State Senate (“Senate”) District 24, which consists of all of Crittenden County and parts of Lee, Phillips, and St. Francis Counties. Twenty-four plaintiffs bring this suit against the Board, claiming that the 2011 Senate plan —…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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