Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Bartels
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 19, 2001No. CIV A 01-2024PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
Originally this matter came before the court on plaintiffs’ complaint seeking in-junctive relief to prevent defendants from implementing a redistricting plan for New Jersey’s Senate and General Assembly districts (Counts One and Two) and challenging New Jersey’s one-year district residency requirement as a requisite for an individual to be eligible to run for legislative office. Because plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the apportionment of a statewide legislative body, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284 the case was assigned to a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Turner v. FoucheSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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