Mac Govern v. Connolly

OPINION

This action seeks to reapportion the legislative districts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts before the 1986 primary and general elections. Plaintiffs are ten registered voters who are residents of seven different Massachusetts cities and towns. They have brought this action challenging the legislative plan (the “Plan”) now in effect for apportioning statewide senate and representative districts, on the ground that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by failing to divide the Commonwealth into equally populous…