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STATE EX REL. BROUGHTON v. ZIMMERMAN

261 Wis. 398 (1952)

STATE EX REL. BROUGHTON and others, Petitioners, vs. ZIMMERMAN, Secretary of State, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 8, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Doyle of Madison, for the petitioners.

The Attorney General and Roy G. Tulane, assistant attorney general, for the respondent Fred R. Zimmerman.

For the respondent Board of Election Commissioners of the city of Milwaukee there was a brief by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney, Harry G. Slater, first assistant city attorney, and Richard F. Maruszewski, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Slater and Mr. Maruszewski.

CURRIE, J.

The duty of the legislature to reapportion the state is stated in sec. 3, art. IV of the Wisconsin constitution as follows:

"At their first session after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, soldiers, and officers of the United...

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