Legal Opinion
Smith v. Beasley
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 27, 1996No. Civil Action 3:95-3235-O, 3:96-0003-OPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Presently before the Court are two cases, which have been consolidated for trial by this three-judge panel, because each case challenges on constitutional grounds certain election districts for the South Carolina General Assembly. In Smith, et al. v. Beasley, et al., Civil Action No. 3:95-3235-O, the challenge involves three Senate election districts, and in Able, et al. v. Wilkins, et al., Civil Action No. 3:96-0003-O, the challenge is to nine House of Representative election districts. The contested senatorial districts were created by act of the General Assembly on the 11th day of…
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