Legal Opinion
Markoe v. Legislature of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided March 8, 1978No. Civil No. 77-68PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an action brought by plaintiff, Claude O. Markoe, on his own behalf and that of all other persons similarly situated.1
*7Plaintiff seeks to have this Court strike down as constitutionally impermissible the reapportionment scheme under which the Legislature of the Virgin Islands has been constituted since 1972. He alleges invidious discrimination in that the last decennial census prior to the enactment of the reapportionment plan showed that the legislative district of St. Croix had a population of 31,779 residents whereas the other legislative district, that of St.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by3 opinions
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