Legal Opinion
Apportionment of Wayne County Board of Commissioners—1982
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1982No. Docket Nos. 69146, 69155. (Calendar Nos. 1, 2)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
The question presented concerns the apportionment of county boards of commissioners.
The Court of Appeals declined to approve a *232Wayne County plan and remanded to the Wayne apportionment commission on the ground that it had failed to make a "good-faith effort to achieve districts of equal population”. The Court also declined to approve an Ingham County plan and remanded to the Ingham apportionment commission on the ground that "once mathematical exactness in population is achieved”, the subsidiary guidelines apply and the apportionment commission had selected a plan which "mathematically…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Dean v. Chrysler Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1990
- In Re Apportionment of State Legislature—1982Michigan Supreme Court · 1982
- Sweatt v. Department of CorrectionsMichigan Supreme Court · 2003
- Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance v. Bronson Plating Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re Apportionment, State Legislature-1992Michigan Supreme Court · 1992
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