Franklin v. Mandeville’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
April 1993
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he Town of Hempstead's population constituted 57.12% of the county's population but that town's representatives may cast but 49.6% of the board's vote. Important as is ... the present inequality, it is of even greater moment that inequality in some degree is mandated and, indeed, perpetuated by the charter provision: 'nor shall the supervisor or supervisors of any town or city be entitled to cast more than fifty per centum of the total vote of said board.' (L.1936, ch. 879, Sec. 104, subd. 2.) This provision ... clearly violates the one man, one vote principle.... Not only are the Hempstead Supervisors presently barred from ... a majority vote, but section 104 would continue to deprive them, or the residents of any other town or city subsequently containing a majority of the county population, from majority representation, ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“inequality in some degree is mandated and, indeed, perpetuated by the charter provision ... a vital factor which distinguishes the case from Abate v. Mundt, 25 N.Y.2d 309 , 305 N.Y.S.2d 465 [ 253 N.E.2d 189 ], recently decided”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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