Legal Opinion
Honsey v. Donovan
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided December 4, 1964No. 4-64-Civ. 169PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
This suit, instituted June 4, 1964, is based on those civil rights statutes which are now compiled as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4). It challenges the validity of the present apportionment of both houses of the bicameral Minnesota legislature.
The nine plaintiffs are residents and qualified voters of Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, and Ramsey Counties, respectively; these embrace the State’s Twin City metropolitan area. The complaint seeks, among other relief, (a) to have the most recent Minnesota legislative redistricting act, Laws 1959, Ex.Sess.,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kilgarlin v. MartinDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1966
- Kruidenier v. McCullochSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Irish v. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of MinnesotaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1968
- Long v. AveryDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1966
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