Legal Opinion
In Re Reapportionment of the Colorado General Assembly
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 28, 2002No. 01SA386PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
In this original proceeding under Article V, Section 48(1)(e) of the Colorado Constitution, we review the decennial Apportionment Plan {(Adopted Plan) the Colorado Reapportionment Commission (Commission) approved for the reapportionment of Colorado General Assembly house and senate districts, based on the year 2000 federal census. We hold that the Adopted Plan does not comply with the criteria of Article V, Sections 46 and 47, of the Colorado Constitution because: (1) it is not "sufficiently attentive to county boundaries to meet the requirement of section 47(2)," In re Reapportionment of the…
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- Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sanchez v. ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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- White v. AndersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1964
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