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CHAPMAN v. HOYT

No. 59565.

549 S.W.2d 869 (1977)

Nolan CHAPMAN, Jr. and Larry Sherrow, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Bill HOYT et al., Defendants-Respondents, and John C. Danforth, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Nowotny, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for intervenor-appellant.

Robert B. Paden, Pros. Atty., Chillicothe, for respondents.

HENLEY, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether the provision of § 49.010, RSMo 19691 requiring that the division of a county into two county court districts be made "without dividing municipal townships" violates the constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri in that it prevents division into districts "as near equal in population as practicable" and results in dilution of the weight of the vote of residents...

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