Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 14, 1950No. 117PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To the Senate of Alabama State Capitol Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sirs:
We are .in receipt of Senate Resolution No. 7, adopted by the Senate of Alabama on August 10, 1950, which is as follows:
“Whereas, Sections 198, 199, and 200 of the Constitution require the Legislature to apportion the members of the House of Representatives and fix the number of senators and divide the State into- as many senatorial districts as there are senators after each federal decennial census, ‘which apportionment, when made, shall not be subject to alteration until the next session of the Legislature after the next de*186c…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Carter v. . RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People ex rel. Woodyatt v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Denney v. State ex rel. BaslerIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
- Rumsey v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Fergus v. KinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sims v. FrinkDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1962
- State Ex Rel. Broughton v. ZimmermanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
- Sims v. FrinkDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1962
- Lamson v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
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