Legal Opinion
Cahill v. Leopold
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 15, 1954PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Sullivan, J.
At its regular session in 1953 the General Assembly enacted Public Act No. 32, purporting to redistrict the senatorial districts of the state. General Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1953, §§ 399c, 400c. The ultimate question in this litigation is whether that enactment is violative of the thirty-first amendment to the state constitution. The amendment, in the form in which it was adopted in 1901 and in which it still remains, is printed in full in the footnote.2
*4The case is here upon a reservation, and the facts stipulated by the parties may be summarized as follows: The General Assembly of 1951 convened…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Jones v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Denney v. State ex rel. BaslerIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
- General Motors Corporation v. MulquinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. LammeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Snyder v. Town of NewtownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. GethersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Society for Savings v. Chestnut Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Sheff v. O'NeillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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