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WADE v. NOLAN

No. 731.

414 P.2d 689 (1966)

Hugh J. WADE, Secretary of State, State of Alaska, Appellant, v. James NOLAN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Colver, Atty. Gen., Michael M. Holmes, Deputy Atty. Gen., Theodore E. Fleischer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Avrum M. Gross, Faulkner, Banfield, Boochever & Doogan, Juneau, for appellees.

Before NESBETT C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.

NESBETT, Chief Justice.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the Governor of Alaska was authorized by the Alaska Constitution to reapportion the Alaska Senate on an interim basis after United States Supreme Court decisions had declared invalid "frozen" area apportionment plans such as that provided by Section 2, Article XIV of the Alaska Constitution.

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