Legal Opinion
Jackman v. Bodine
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 25, 1964PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered bjr
WeiNthaub, C. J.
In Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186, 82 S. Ct. 691, 7 L. Ed. 2d 663 (1962), the Supreme Court of the United States held justiciable the question whether the basis established by a State for election to its legislature denies equal protection of the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. It held also that the federal courts had jurisdiction of the controversy.
The majority opinion expressly refrained from stating a test to measure compliance with the equal protection provision. A view upon that topic…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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