Legal Opinion
Carstens v. Lamm
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 28, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-F-1713, 81-F-1870PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, District Judge:
In these consolidated cases, the Court is called upon to select a congressional redistricting plan for the State of Colorado. Following the tabulation of the 1980 decennial census, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives informed the Governor of Colorado that the state, which currently has five representatives in Congress, was entitled to an additional congressional seat. Although the Governor and the General Assembly (sometimes referred to as the “State Legislature”) made repeated attempts to develop an…
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