Richardson v. McChesney
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity of the Kentucky act of 1900 apportioning the State into Congressional districts, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity of the Kentucky act of 1900 apportioning the State into Congressional districts, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. The validity of the Kentucky statute was distinctly drawn in question-on the ground that it is repugnant to the provision in the Federal Cdnstitution which guarantees to each State a republican form of government, and on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of the United States which requires members of Congress to be elected by districts composed of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
Shortly stated, this is an attack upon the validity of the Kentucky act of March 12, 1898, and certain amendments thereto, apportioning the State into eleven Congressional districts. The bill alleges that the districts do not conform to the requirement of the acts of Congress apportioning Representatives among the States, which acts require that such districts shall be of contiguous territory, ‘' containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants.” The averments of the bill are that the districts are grossly and' unnecessarily unequal in population.
The bill was filed in an…
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