Legality of Cannabis by U.S. Jurisdiction

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—a federal three-judge District Court took jurisdiction, saying, DC, 163 F. Supp. 184, 187:'Here it is the unmistakable duty of the State Legislature to reapportion itself periodically in accordance with recent population changes.*** Early in January 1959 the 61st Session of the Minnesota Legislature will convene, all of the members of which will be newly elected on …

- in Baker v. Carr, 1962 and 5 similar citations

—the court upheld a challenge to the Minnesota legislature which asserted refusal to reapportion was a violation of 42 USC § 1983 (1958); retained jurisdiction to give the legislature an opportunity to act 163 F. Supp. 184 (D. Minn. 1958); and the action was voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff when the legislature acted in the next session, 177 F. Supp. 803 (D. Minn. 1959).

- in Intramural Law Review of New York University and 4 similar citations

Several federal district courts, however, assumed jurisdiction during this period, but found the issues mooted by intervening events.

- in Reapportionment by State Legislatures: A Guide for the 1980's and 2 similar citations

—a suit attacking the apportionment of the Minnesota legislature was referred to a three-judge court.

- in OCTOBER TERM, 1960 and one similar citation

CO This identical mode of inducing legislative action was used in a Minnesota suit, litigated in the federal district court.

- in Alabama's Unrepresentative Legislature

However, MacDougall (i) did not involve apportionment but rather a geographic diffusion rule imposed as a condition of getting a new political party on the ballot,(2) may have been decided on justiciability grounds because the Court cited the Colegrove principle, and (3) as Justice Frankfurter has said, "of decisive significance is whether in each situation the ultimate …

- in Law and Contemporary Problems and one similar citation

—and subsequent "equal protection" cases digested under Const. Law 214-2; in most recent edition of Cumulative Annual Pocket Part to 5 US Sup. CT. DIGEST.'"

- in Legislative Representation: With Special Reference to New York and one similar citation

In an earlier opinion calling for the establishment of a three-judge court, Judge Devitt had held that the state of the law was such as to require a full examination and appraisal of the issues because of an increasing judicial consciousness of the propriety of acting in cases where any type of discrimination was alleged.

- in Baker v. Carr: The New Doctrine of Judicial Intervention and Its … and one similar citation