Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1992No. 91-1502PublishedCited by 863 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
As one season follows another, the decennial census has again generated a number of reapportionment controversies. This decade, as a result of the 1990 census and reapportionment, Massachusetts lost a seat in the House of Representatives. Appellees Massachusetts and two of its registered voters brought this action against the President, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), Census Bureau officials, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, challenging, among other things, the method used for counting federal employees serving overseas. In particular, the appellants’ allocation of…
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