IN RE APPORTIONMENT OF DELTA CTY. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS

Docket No. 61566.

113 Mich. App. 178 (1982)

317 N.W.2d 568

In re APPORTIONMENT OF DELTA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — 1982

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Olsen Law Office, for plaintiff.

Butch, Quinn, Rosemurgy, Jardis & Valkanoff, P.C., for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and BRONSON and CYNAR, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Commencing with Mahan v Howell1 the United States Supreme Court distinguished dual constitutional standards in apportionment reviews. Congressional apportionment is governed by Art I, § 2 of the United States Constitution, and requires a good-faith effort to achieve absolute population equality in the drafting of congressional districts. On the other hand, legislative bodies within the states are governed by the...

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