Schaefer v. Thomson

KERR, District Judge.

On November 23, 1964, this Court retained jurisdiction over this cause to afford injunctive and affirmative relief to the plaintiffs should “the Wyoming legislature fail[s] to reapportion the state senate prior to the 1966 election * * ”. 1 At the original hearing of this proceeding we were of the opinion that it is primarily the duty of the state legislature to establish constitutional representation in the Wyoming State Senate. Affirmative judicial relief, therefore, was held in abeyance in order to give the Wyoming State Legislature the opportunity to redistrict the…