Legal Opinion
Fortson v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1965No. 178PublishedCited by 382 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Georgia’s 1962 Senatorial Reapportionment Act1 appor- . tions the 54 seats of the Georgia Senate among the State’s *435159 counties. The 54 senatorial districts created by the Act are drawn, so far as possible, along existing , county lines; Thirty-three of the senatorial districts are made up of from one to eight counties each,2 and voters in these districts elect their senators by a district-wide vote. The remaining 21 senatorial districts are allotted in groups of from two to seven among the seven most populous counties, but voters in these districts do not elect a senator by a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hammond v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Grayson-Robinson Stores Inc. v. Oneida Ltd.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Bailey v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
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3Cited by382 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Moore v. OgilvieSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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