Kilgarlin v. Hill

Following judicial, invalidation of the constitutional and statutory provisions governing the. apportionment of the Texas State Legislature, the State Legislature reapportioned both the House and the Senate. Appel*121lants promptly challenged on various grounds the constitutionality of H. B. 1951 which reapportioned the House of Representatives in a combination of single-member, multi-member and floterial districts. The District Court sustained all aspects of the plan , except those provisions respecting the counties included in 11 floterial districts, 252 F. Supp. 404, which were found violative…