Legal Opinion
De Grandy v. Wetherell
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided July 17, 1992No. TCA 92-40015-WS, TCA 92-40131-WS and TCA 92-40220-WSPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Florida currently has forty Senate districts and one hundred twenty House of Representative districts. These districts were created in 1982 and are currently malapportioned. According to the 1990 census data, the total *1554population of the state of Florida is 12,937,-926 persons. Between the census of 1980 and 1990, Florida’s population increased 3,213,602 persons. To achieve equality between Florida’s forty Senate districts, each district would ideally contain 323,448 persons. • To achieve equality between Florida’s one hundred twenty House districts, each district would…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
32 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by18 opinions
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Clark v. Calhoun County, Miss.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Lawyer v. Department of JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Earl Old Person v. Mike CooneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Shirt v. HazeltineDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2004
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.