Acker v. Love

The petitioners filed the proceedings in this court challenging the constituitonality of Senate Bill No. 18 and House Bill No. 1048, which reapportion the legislative districts of the State of Colorado. Time considerations dictate that the court should immediately announce its decision in these proceedings.

The Constitution of Colorado delegates to the General Assembly the power and authority to create legislative districts, subject only to state and federal constitutional limitations. On the other hand, the court’s function is to test the constitutionality of the two acts before us by the…