Legal Opinion
Fergus v. Marks
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1926No. 17153. Writ deniedPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard
Section 6 of article 4 of the Illinois constitution of 1870 provides: “The General Assembly shall apportion the State every ten years, beginning with the year 1871, by dividing the population of the State, as ascertained by the Federal census, by the number fifty-one, and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation in the senate. The State shall be divided into fifty-one senatorial districts, each of which shall elect one senator, whose term of office shall be four years. The senators elected in the year of our Lord 1872 in districts bearing odd numbers, shall vacate their offices at…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- People ex rel. Billings v. BissellIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Ogden, Administrator of Cornell v. Blackledge, of SalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- People ex rel. Bruce v. DunneIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- People ex rel. Jones v. WebbIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
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3Cited by66 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Warren v. NusbaumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Jones v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Wells v. PurcellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Pellegrino v. O'NeillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Client Follow-Up Co. v. HynesIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
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