Legal Opinion
Adams v. Clinton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 24, 1999No. Nos. CIV.98-1665LFOMBGCKK, 98-2187LFOMBGCKKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
2Per curiam
On September 14, 1998, the District of Columbia and fifty-seven of its residents filed a complaint in Alexander v. Daley, challenging the lack of full representation for the District in the United States House of Representatives. Plaintiffs also filed a motion for the appointment of a three-judge district court, invoking the statutory requirement that such a court be convened “when an action is filed challenging the constitutionality of the apportionment of congressional districts.” 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a). After this suit was consolidated with a related case brought by other District…
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