BROUWER v. KENT COUNTY CLERK

Calendar No. 13, Docket No. 51,122.

377 Mich. 616 (1966)

141 N.W.2d 98

BROUWER v. KENT COUNTY CLERK.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 5 and 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus, McCroskey, Libner, Reamon, Williams & Dilley (William G. Reamon, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Vander Veen, Freihofer & Cook (George R. Cook, of counsel), for defendants Bronkema, Kent county clerk, and Lawyer, chairman of board of supervisors.

Schmidt, Smith, Howlett & Halliday (Richard L. Spindle, of counsel), for defendant Van Solkema, Wyoming city clerk.

Law, Fallon, Weathers & Richardson (Robert W. Richardson, of counsel), for defendant Battjes, East Grand Rapids city clerk.

Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson (John L. Wierengo, Jr., of counsel), for defendant Roberts, Walker city clerk.

Bergstrom, Slykhouse & Van Orden (Richard Van Orden, of counsel), for defendants Nyenhuis, Grandville city clerk, and Zuck, Rockford city clerk.


SOURIS, J. (for affirmance).

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court for Kent county that the apportionment of seats in the Kent county board of supervisors violates the equality clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution.

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On June 23, 1964, barely one week after announcement by the United States Supreme Court of its decisions in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533...

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