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DAVIS v. SYNHORST

Civ. No. 5-1289.

231 F.Supp. 540 (1964)

Charles L. DAVIS and Arthur J. Lewis, Plaintiffs, v. Melvin D. SYNHORST, Secretary of State of Iowa, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Iowa, Central Division.

March 27, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Smith, Sioux City, Iowa, Robert F. Wilson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, C. A. Frerichs, Waterloo, Iowa, for plaintiffs Charles J. Davis and Arthur J. Lewis.

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., Wilbur N. Bump, Sol. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for defendants Melvin D. Synhorst, et al.

R. E. Killmar, W. W. Reynoldson, Edward T. Harvey, Jr., J. Robert Hard, of Killmar, Reynoldson & Harvey, Osceola, Iowa, for defendants Dean D. Hill, George T. Nickels, and Albert Drake.

Richard C. Turner, Council Bluffs, Iowa, D. C. Nolan, Iowa City, Iowa, A. V. Doran, Boone, Iowa, for intervenors John L. Campbell, et al.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge and STEPHENSON, and McMANUS, Chief Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Defendants, appearing by the Attorney General of Iowa, request a determination of whether the apportionment statute entitled Senate File 1 recently enacted by the 60th General Assembly of Iowa, convened in special session February 24, 1964 and signed by the Governor of the State of Iowa, meets Federal Constitutional standards. Prior to enactment of this apportionment statute serious malapportionment existed in the Iowa General Assembly. 27.4% of the population...

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