Legal Opinion
Preisler v. Secretary of State of Missouri
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 5, 1966No. 1064PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
This Congressional reapportionment case is a sequel to Preisler v. Secretary of State of Missouri, W.D.Mo.1965, 238 F. Supp. 187, decided January 4, 1965. Preisler I pended as consolidated cases Nos. 923 and 924. In those consolidated cases plaintiffs sought and obtained a declaration that the 1961 Congressional Redistricting Act of Missouri was unconstitutional. In this case, No. 1064, the same plaintiffs contest the constitutional validity of Missouri’s 1965 Congressional Redistricting Act.1
The point of beginning in this case, as it was in Preisler I, must be…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Branch v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Skolnick v. State Electoral Board of IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- Wells v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Brenner v. School District of Kansas City, MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1970
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