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RE D ISTRICTING UNCONSITUTIONAL
The 1971 Texas House redistricting plan is
unconstitutional.
SLIDE COURTS BLDG
SLIDE Mx~x CALVERT
MILLS
Although its Fall term doesn't begin for another month, the state supreme court held a special hearing this morning to listen to argbzments on the plan. It took the nine-judge court only 15-minutes to issue its ruling. Chief Justice Robert Calvert declared that no motion for rehearing would be accepted... adding the opinion detailing reasons for the decision would be filed later. Critics have said the bill had been designed to
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Redistricting unconstitutional],
script,
September 9, 1971, 12:00 p.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1429188/m1/1/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.