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STATE v. LAXALT

No. 5568.

441 P.2d 687 (1968)

The STATE of Nevada ex rel. Helen HERR, Alfred J. Alleman, Emerson F. Titlow And John Fransway, Nevada State Senators, and Helen Herr, Alfred J. Alleman, Emerson F. Titlow and John Fransway, Nevada State Senators, Individually, Petitioners, v. Paul LAXALT, Governor of the State of Nevada, and the Clark County Board of County Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, and Darwin W. Lamb, Robert T. Baskin, William H. Briare, Lou F. LaPorta and James G. Ryan as County Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon, Reno, for petitioners.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Frank W. Daykin, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for Paul Laxalt.

George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for Board of County Com'rs of Clark County, etc.

OPINION

MOWBRAY, Justice.

This is a proceeding in mandamus brought for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the reapportionment statute enacted by the Nevada Legislature in 1965 pursuant to the order of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.1

In compliance with the federal court order, the Nevada Legislature in special session provided for the election of both houses from districts fashioned...

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