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Brown v. Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

District Court, E.D. Kentucky

Decided August 16, 2013No. Civil Nos. 13-cv-68 DJB-GFVT-WOB, 13-cv-25 DJB-GFVT-WOBPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

2Per curiam

Plaintiff voters from various counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky claim that mal apportionment of the state’s legislative electoral districts has unconstitutionally diluted their voting power. [R. 67]. These Plaintiffs seek summary judgment declaring that the current Kentucky House and Senate districts violate the “one person, one vote” guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, and permanently enjoining state officials from using them in future elections. The Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, the President of the Senate, the…

3Cases cited32 opinions

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