Legal Opinion
Black Political Task Force v. Connolly
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 2, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-1886-WD, 87-1953-WDPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
Two sets of plaintiffs in these consolidated actions claim that the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the 1987 reapportionment of their elected deliberative bodies, violated the federal constitutional mandate of electoral equality expressed by the shorthand phrase “one person one vote.” 1
With the cooperation of the parties, the issues were framed to be presented to this three judge court on an expedited schedule and in phases. The threshold issue presented — as Phase IA — is to resolve the validity of the underlying population figures…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Com. of Mass. v. MosbacherDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1992
- McClure v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Town of Brookline v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Black Political Task Force v. GalvinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Mayor of Cambridge v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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