FORTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF COLORADO ET AL.
v.
LUCAS ET AL.

U.S. | 1965-02-01
No. 661
379 U.S. 693 Supreme Court of the United States (1965) Caution
Also reported at: 13 L. Ed. 2d 699 · 85 S. Ct. 715 · SCDB 1964-051 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 1898
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Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

Insofar as the judgment of the District Court decides federal questions, it is affirmed. Insofar as the judgment decides other questions, it is vacated and the cause is remanded for further consideration in light of the supervening decision of the Colorado Supreme Court in White v. Anderson, - Colo. -, 394 P. 2d 333 (1964).

Concurrence
Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Harlan, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice Goldberg,

Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Harlan, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice Goldberg,

concurring.

It is our understanding that the Court’s disposition of this case leaves it open to the District Court to abstain On the question as to the severability of the various provisions of Amendment No. 7, pending resolution of that issue with reasonable promptitude in further state court proceedings. We deem it appropriate explicitly to state our view that this is the coursé which the District Court should follow. On this basis, we join the Court’s opinion.

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    …t stated that the Constitution permits “such minor deviations only as may occur in recognizing certain factors that are free from any taint of arbitrariness or discrimination.” The State relies on Forty-fourth General Assembly of Colorado v. Lucas, 379 U. S. 693; Burnette v. Davis, 382 U. S. 42; and Harrison v. Schaefer, 383 U. S. 269, which were per curiam affirmances of lower court judgments in reapportionment cases. The State suggests that the plans approved in those cases involved variations in magnitud…
  • Jordan v. Silver, 381 U.S. 415 (U.S. 1965)
    …ety of any relief that the District Court may later grant, or the extent to which provisions of the California Constitution are still binding on the State Legislature in drafting apportionment legislation, see Forty-fourth General Assembly v. Lucas, 379 U. S. 693. Calif. Const., Art. IV, § 6. The present effect of this apportionment is that Los Angeles County, with a population of over 6,000,000, has one Senator, and the three smallest counties, which together have a population of 14,294, also have one Sena…
  • Sheffield v. Itawamba Cnty. Bd. OF Supervisors, 439 F.2d 35 (5th Cir. 1971)
    …equiring redistricting without the prerequisite unanimity or petition and election which were required by Mississippi’s pre-1964 law. Cf. Reynolds v. Sims, supra, 377 U.S. at 584, 84 S.Ct. 1362, and Forty-Fourth Gneral Assembly of Colorado v. Lucas, 379 U.S. 693, 85 S.Ct. 715, 13 L.Ed.2d 699 (1965). Affirmed and remanded. APPENDIX Joe Sheffield, et al, Plaintiffs versus No. EC 6745-S Luke Robinson, et al, Defendants MEMORANDUM OPINION This action was initiated by a complaint filed June 23, 1967, whic…

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