Legal Opinion
Lisco v. Love
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided July 16, 1963No. Civ. A. 7501, 7637PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated actions attack the apportionment of the membership of the bicameral Colorado legislature. At the 1962 General Election, two initiated constitutional amendments were submitted *924to the electorate. One, known as Amendment No. 7, provided for a House of Representatives with the membership apportioned on a per capita basis and for a Senate which was not so apportioned. The other, Amendment No. 8, apportioned both chambers on a per capita basis. Amendment No. 7 carried in every county of the state and Amendment No. 8 lost in every county.1 The contest…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ferguson v. SkrupaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Westbrook v. MihalyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- In Re Apportionment of State Legislature—1964Michigan Supreme Court · 1964
- In Re Reapportionment of the Colorado General AssemblySupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Moss v. BurkhartDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1963
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