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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. EDWARDS

No. 24522.

468 P.2d 857 (1970)

The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF SAGUACHE, State of Colorado, Plaintiff in Error, v. Keith H. EDWARDS, George W. McClure, and Harold G. Newmyer, for themselves and on behalf of all residents of Saguache County, Colorado, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schneider, Shoemaker, Wham & Cooke, J. Fred Schneider, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Robert W. Ogburn, Monte Vista, for defendants in error.

Kenneth G. Bueche, Boulder, for Colorado Municipal League as amicus curiae.

HODGES, Justice.

This writ of error involves the requirment of C.R.S.1963, 35-3-6 that each county shall be divided into compact county commissioner districts which shall be as nearly equal in population as possible.

Alleging that the three county commissioner districts of Saguache County were substantially unequal in population, the defendants in error, referred to hereinafter as plaintiffs, sought, and after trial to the court, obtained a judgment in mandamus...

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