Legal Opinion
Meeks v. Avery
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided February 17, 1966No. KC-2421PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., District Judge:
The plaintiffs attack the statute dividing the State of Kansas into five congressional districts and establishing the boundaries of those districts. Chapter 13, Session Laws of Kansas, 1965 (referred to in the complaint as House Bill 764) 1
The statute was enacted by the 1965 regular session of the Legislature of Kansas, and by its terms will apply to the primary and general elections of 1966.
An attempt by the 1961 legislature to realign the state’s congressional districts (K.S.A. 4-114 to 4-119) was aborted by court action. Meeks v. Anderson, 229 F.Supp.…
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