Legal Opinion
East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1976No. 73-861PublishedCited by 335 opinions
1Per curiam
The sole issue raised by this case is how compliance with the one-man, one-vote principle should be achieved in a parish (county) that is admittedly malapportioned.
Plaintiff Zimmer, a white resident of East Carroll Parish, La., brought suit in 1968 alleging that population disparities among the wards of the parish had unconstitu*637tionally denied him the right to cast an effective vote in elections for members of the police jury1 and the school board. See Avery v. Midland County, 390 U. S. 474 (1968). After a hearing the District Court agreed that the wards were unevenly apportioned and adopted…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by335 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Connor v. FinchSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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