Legal Opinion
Bianchi v. Griffing
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1968No. 325, Docket 31652PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a problem that has received increasing attention since the landmark decision in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L. Ed.2d 506 (1964)—the applicability of the developing body of reapportionment law to units of local government.
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The Suffolk County Board of Supervisors, in accordance with a system of representation whose origins are more than 250 years old, Laws of New York, 1703, c. 278, is composed of the supervisors of the county’s ten towns. Each town supervisor is elected by popular vote in his respective town and casts…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sailors v. Board of Ed. of Kent Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Benavidez v. EuCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Bianchi v. GriffingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Education/Instruccion, Inc. v. MooreDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1973
- Morris v. The Board Of EstimateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Jackson v. NASSAU COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS.District Court, E.D. New York · 1993
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