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BAILEY v. JONES

No. 10280.

139 N.W.2d 385 (1966)

Mead BAILEY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lloyd L. W. JONES, Nils Aspaas, Clifford J. Hanson and George R. Barnett, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

January 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blaine Simons, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellants.

Mead Bailey, of Christopherson, Bailin, Wilds & Bailey, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and respondent.

BIEGELMEIER, Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the "one person, one vote" doctrine applies to the election of county commissioners. The facts are not in dispute. The population of Minnehaha County is 86,575 of which 65,466 reside in the City of Sioux Falls and 21,109 outside the city. The county has been divided into five commissioner districts pursuant to SDC 12.0608, two of which comprise the city; the other three comprise the balance of the county...

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