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STATE EX REL. McLEOD v. WEST

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249 S.C. 243 (1967)

153 S.E.2d 892

In re STATE ex rel. Daniel R. McLEOD, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. John C. WEST, Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina; Lovick O. Thomas, Clerk of the Senate of South Carolina; Dexter O'Shields, and Hazel H. O'Shields, James P. Mozingo, Defendants. Ex Parte: Petition of Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, State of South Carolina.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

On Rehearing April 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. McLeod, Esq., Attorney General, of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Messrs. Fulmer, Barnes, Berry & Austin, of Columbia, for defendants, John C. West and Lovick O. Thomas.

Paul M. Moore, Esg., of Spartanburg, for defendants, Dexter O'Shields and Hazel H. O'Shields.

Messrs. Fulmer Barnes, Berry & Austin, of Columbia, for defendants, John C. West and Lovick O. Thomas, in reply.

March 27, 1967.

On Rehearing April 10, 1967.

Per Curiam:

The pronouncement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L.Ed. (2d) 506, that the Constitution of the United States requires the apportionment of membership in both branches of bicameral state legislatures on a substantially equal population basis, was the...

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