Legal Opinion
Butler v. Democratic State Committee
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 6, 1942No. 4-6782PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
At the general election held in 1936, Amendment to the Constitution, now bearing the number 23, was adopted. It reads as follows:
“Section 1. A Board to be known as ‘The Board of Apportionment,’ consisting of the Governor (who shall be chairman), the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, is hereby created, and it shall be its imperative duty to make apportionment of representatives and senators in accordance with the provisions hereof; the action of a majority in each instance shall be deemed the action of said Board.
“Section 2. The House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bailey, Lieutenant-Governor v. AbingtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
- Shaw, Autry and Shofner v. Adkins, Gov.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
3Cited by9 opinions
- Block v. AllenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Yancey v. FaubusDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
- Smith v. Board of ApportionmentSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
- Rockefeller v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
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