Legal Opinion
Colleton County Council v. McConnell
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 18, 2002No. CIV.A. 01-3581-10, CIV.A. 3:01-3609-10, CIV.A. 3:01-3892-10PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM B. TRAXLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The United States Constitution requires the governing officials of the State of South Carolina to enact new districting plans for the South Carolina Senate, the South Carolina House of Representatives, and the United States Congressional districts within the state on an equipopulous basis every ten years, in accordance with population changes revealed by the decennial census. Unfortunately, the governing officials of the State of South Carolina, following receipt of the 2000 census data, failed to successfully fulfill'this duty and have now reached…
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