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STATE EX REL. SMITH v. ZIMMERMAN

266 Wis. 307 (1954)

STATE EX REL. SMITH, Plaintiff, vs. ZIMMERMAN, Secretary of State, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there was a brief by Kaftan, Kaftan & Kaftan of Green Bay, and oral argument by Arthur J. Kaftan and Fred F. Kaftan.

For the defendant there was a brief by the Attorney General and Stewart G. Honeck, deputy attorney general, and Roy G. Tulane, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Tulane and Mr. Honeck.

BROWN, J.

The substance of the complaint is that sec. 3, art. IV, Wis. Const., permits only one districting and apportionment by the legislature in the period between federal enumerations, and such a one was accomplished by ch. 728, Laws of 1951, wherefore ch. 550, Laws of 1953, being a second redistricting and apportionment within the same census period, is unconstitutional legislation. The only facts pleaded as to variations between the 1951 and 1953 acts are those...

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