Legal Opinion
In Re Reapportionment Plan for the Pennsylvania General Assembly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1981No. W. D. Misc. Docket 331, 333, 337, 339, 342, 343, 346-348, 1981; M. D. Misc. Docket 118 and 119, 1981; E. D. Misc. Docket 535, 542, 556, 558, 584, 588, 590, 591, 594-597, 599, 601, 602, 605-607, 1981PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
These are consolidated appeals from the Final Legislative Reapportionment Plan, which was filed by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission on October 13, 1981. For the reasons set forth, we hold that the reapportionment plan complies with all of the requirements of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of this Commonwealth.
The plan challenged on these appeals is the second reapportionment plan to be adopted by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, which, since 1968, has been constitutionally vested with the obligation to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
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