Legal Opinion
Davenport v. Apportionment Commission
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 23, 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sullivan, J.
In our opinion in Davenport v. App. Comm., N. J., 63 N. J. 433 (1973) (hereinafter Davenport I) we had occasion to consider the same plan for apportionment of the State Legislature as is now before us. The plan was prepared by the Apportionment Commission following our decision in Scrimminger v. Sherwin, 60 N. J. 483 (1972) in Which, inter alia, we held that Senate districts should be *129created without regard to the county-line theme of the State Constitution.
The Scrimminger mandate to disregard county lines was bottomed on the United States…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- White v. WeiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Pearson v. KosterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
- McNeil v. Legislative Apportionment CommissionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2003
- In Re the Legislative Districting of StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Gonzalez v. State of New Jersey Apportionment CommissionNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2012
- Kaye v. RosefieldeNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2013
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