Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Whitehead v. Gage
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1963No. 3143PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
The relators in this case are Wyoming voters and taxpayers. They seek a writ of mandamus against the secretary of state and attorney general to compel reapportionment of the Wyoming State Legislature. The writ was denied by the' district court.
The petition here involved was filed June 18, 1962. It sought to compel the secretary of state to certify to the counties the number of senators and representatives to be elected to the legislature in 1962, on a basis determined by applying to the 1960 Federal census the ratios fixed under the 1933 law in §§ 28-9 and 28-10, W.S.1957. In the alternative,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Asbury Park Press, Inc. v. WoolleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Scholle v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- Dyer v. Kazuhisa AbeDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1956
- Donovan v. HolzmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Thomson v. Wyoming In-Stream Flow CommitteeWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
- State Ex Rel. Willis v. LarsonWyoming Supreme Court · 1975
- Board of Trustees v. District Boundary Board of Natrona CountyWyoming Supreme Court · 1971
- State Ex Rel. Badley v. City of SheridanWyoming Supreme Court · 1973
- State ex rel. Squaw Mountain Cattle Co. v. Wheatland Irrigation DistrictWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
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