Legal Opinion
Bannister v. Davis
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 30, 1966No. Civ. A. 2818, 3316PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and WEST, District Judges.
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
These reapportionment cases involve the right of Louisiana citizens not to be shortchanged in their vote for members of the state legislature.
When the cases came before this Court earlier in the year we declined to act until the Louisiana legislature should have another opportunity to reapportion itself. The federal courts’ proper respect for the state and the judiciary’s proper respect for the legislative function impelled this restraint. Promptly after the expiration of the regular…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Daniel v. DavisDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
3Cited by15 opinions
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re Apportionment Law, Senate Joint Res. No. 1305Supreme Court of Florida · 1972
- Taylor v. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Burns v. GillDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1970
- Bussie v. Governor of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
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