In __________________, the Supreme Court upheld an apportionment scheme for the Wyoming legislature based on county lines, even though the scheme had a population deviation of nearly 90 percent between the largest and the smallest districts.

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In Brown v. Thomson (1983), the Supreme Court ruled that Wyoming's apportionment scheme, which was based on county lines and resulted in significant population deviations among districts, did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision allowed for a population deviation of nearly 90 percent, emphasizing the importance of preserving traditional political boundaries like county lines in certain instances.

In __________________, the Supreme Court Upheld an Apportionment Scheme for the Wyoming