Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:25:00.495147+00
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On renewed motion for rehearing.
After the foregoing opinion was filed, the United States Supreme Court on March 26, 1962 decided Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186, and on April 23, 1962, Scholle v. Hare, 82 S. Ct. 910. The plaintiff herein filed a “renewed motion for rehearing” under date of May 2, 1962, inviting attention to these'decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Duncan, J.
As we read the opinions in Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186 and Scholle v. Hare, 82 S. Ct. 910, the issue presented by cases such as the one before us is whether an existing system of representation may be thought to rest upon rational considerations and permissible classification. In the opinion in this case filed on March 22, 1962, it was stated that the provisions of the New Hampshire Constitution and statutes called in question by the plaintiff “are not without rational basis” and we reaffirm that view. We recognize that the questions presented by the plaintiff’s contentions are justiciable. The final sentence of the original opinion was intended to indicate that the plaintiff’s contentions did not merit adoption by the court.

Plaintiff’s renewed motion for rehearing denied.

All concurred.
May 11, 1962.