Legal Opinion

In Re Apportionment of State Legislature—1964

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1964No. Calendar 95, Docket 50,705Published

1Opinion of the Court

372 Mich. 418 (1964)

126 N.W.2d 731

In re APPORTIONMENT OF STATE LEGISLATURE — 1964.

Calendar No. 95, Docket No. 50,705.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Submitted March 3, 1964.

Opinion filed May 26, 1964.

DETHMERS, J. (dissenting).

The powers of this Court derive from the Michigan Constitution of 1963. Article 6, § 4, confers upon it power to issue, hear, and determine prerogative and remedial writs and appellate jurisdiction. The exercise of any of that power or jurisdiction is not here to be undertaken because this matter was not initiated or brought and, hence, has no existence under the authority of…

Also in this document: Per curiam.

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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