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CHAPMAN v. MEIER

No. 73-1406.

420 U.S. 1 (1975)

95 S.Ct. 751

42 L.Ed.2d 766

CHAPMAN ET AL. v. MEIER, SECRETARY OF STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Kelly argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

Paul M. Sand, First Assistant Attorney General of North Dakota, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Allen I. Olson, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the issue of the constitutionality of a federal-court-ordered reapportionment of the North Dakota Legislature, called in that State the Legislative Assembly. That State, like many others, has struggled to satisfy constitutional requirements for legislative apportionment delineated in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186...

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