Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado

E474597

U.S. Supreme Court case court case reapportionment case voting rights case

Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the "one person, one vote" principle to invalidate a Colorado legislative apportionment scheme that had been approved by popular referendum.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ court case ⓘ reapportionment case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ
appliedPrinciple	one person, one vote ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ
challenged	Colorado legislative apportionment scheme approved by referendum ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionDate	1964 ⓘ
effect	invalidated Colorado’s existing legislative apportionment plan ⓘ strengthened enforcement of one person, one vote in state legislatures ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
held	malapportioned state legislatures violate the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ popular approval by referendum does not cure an unconstitutional apportionment scheme ⓘ state legislative apportionment schemes must be substantially equal in population ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	equal protection ⓘ legislative apportionment ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
legalPrinciple	one person, one vote ⓘ
locationOfDispute	State of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
party	Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Baker v. Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ Gray v. Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds v. Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ Wesberry v. Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	Colorado legislative apportionment plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Warren Court era ⓘ
topic	malapportionment ⓘ popular referendum and constitutional rights ⓘ representation in state legislatures ⓘ

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