Winter v. Docking

OPINION

The action was originally brought to invalidate the 1972 legislative reapportionment of the Kansas House of Representatives. This court determined such reapportionment to be invalid and unconstitutional. Winter et al v. Docking et al., 356 F.Supp. 88. No appeal was taken from that decision. This court therein withheld the effectiveness of its decree and retained jurisdiction, giving the Kansas Legislature until February 16, 1974, to enact a valid reapportionment. During the 1973 session of such Legislature, that body enacted House Bills 1570 and 1586, thereby effectuating a new…