Legislature v. Reinecke

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

In these mandate proceedings we are called upon to resolve the impasse created by the failure to date of the Legislature to pass legislative and congressional reapportionment bills acceptable to the Governor in time for the upcoming 1972 primary and general elections. For the reasons hereafter stated we have concluded that there is now no practical alternative available to us but to order into effect readily available temporary apportionment plans for the 1972 elections. As we have repeatedly emphasized in the past, however, reapportionment is primarily a matter for the…