Luther v. Hoskins
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected voters’ challenge to Missouri’s new congressional district map, which the plaintiffs said ran afoul of state constitutional prohibitions on mid-decade redistricting. The court found the state constitution contained no express prohibition on mid-decade redistricting and that the map was a “valid exercise” of the “plenary legislative power to establish congressional districts”
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