1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 336 F.Supp.
  5. 336 F.Supp. 395 (1972)
 

WEST VIRGINIA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. ROCKEFELLER

Civ. A. No. 71-87.

336 F.Supp. 395 (1972)

WEST VIRGINIA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al., Plaintiffs, v. John D. ROCKEFELLER, IV, West Virginia Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

January 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Hanlon, Harrisville, W. Va., John J. McOwen, Huntington, W. Va., for plaintiffs.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Cletus B. Hanley, Deputy Atty. Gen., Victor A. Barone, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for defendant.

Before BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTIE and KNAPP, District Judges.

CHRISTIE, District Judge:

This cause is before the Court on a hearing on the constitutionality of the redistricting of West Virginia's Congressional Representative Districts. As a result of a decline in population, evidenced by the 1970 decennial United States Census, West Virginia's representation in the United States House of Representatives was reduced from five to four. As a consequence of this reduction, the West...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases