Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided May 30, 1981Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Bob Bullock Comptroller of Public Accounts L.B.J. Building Austin, Texas 78774
Re: Constitutionality of SB-800, Senate Redistricting Bill
Dear Mr. Bullock:
You ask us several questions in connection with Senate Bill 800, which redistricts state senatorial positions. Your questions are directed at what the Texas Legislature may do in drawing up a reapportionment plan. They do not require us to determine the effect of the reapportionment plan which the Senate has enacted, or whether the Senate could have developed an alternate plan with particular characteristics. In any case, such…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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