Legal Opinion
Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1973No. 71-1456PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mb, Justice Rehnquist
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is another in the line of cases in which the Court has had occasion to consider the limits imposed by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on legislation apportioning representation in state and local governing bodies and establishing qualifications for voters in the election of such representatives. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533 (1964), enunciated the constitutional standard for apportionment of state legislatures. Later cases such as Avery v. Midland County, 390 U. S. 474 (1968), and Hadley v. Junior College…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by281 opinions
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