Legal Opinion
Harvey v. Clinton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 9, 1992No. 91-346PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert H. Dudley, Justice.
The Board of Apportionment, which is composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, has the “imperative duty” to make apportionment of the House of Representatives after each federal decennial census. Ark. Const. art. 8, § 1. The House shall consist of one hundred (100) members, with one being apportioned to each of the seventy-five (75) counties and the remaining twenty-five (25) to be apportioned among the more populous counties. Id. at § 2. The part of Section 2 that provides each county is entitled to one representative violates the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Fortson v. DorseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Senate Joint Resolution of Legislative Apportionment 1176Supreme Court of Florida · 2012
- McCuen v. McGeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994