Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Maryland Committee for Fair Representation
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 2, 1966No. [No. 487, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrescott, C. J.
Horney and Barnes, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by Barnes, J., in which Horney, J., concurs, at page 491, infra.
The importance of the result of our per curiam order herein, where a majority of the Court affirmed the holdings of the trial judge, would justify an opinion of very considerable length setting forth the reasons therefor. However, such a course is not necessary or desirable, and will not be followed. Although the subject of apportionment of State Legislatures has seemingly been the subject of more legal opinions1 and law review articles 2 than any other single legal theme since…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Roman v. SincockSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. TawesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Maryland Citizens for a Representative General Assembly v. Governor of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Perkins v. EskridgeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- In Re Legislative Districting of the StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Secretary of State v. BrysonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Getty v. Carroll County Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
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