Legal Opinion

Connor v. Johnson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 14, 1971PublishedCited by 190 opinions

1Per curiam

On May 14, 1971, a three-judge District Court, convened in the Southern District of Mississippi, invalidated the Mississippi Legislature's latest reapportionment statute as allowing impermissibly large variations among House and Senate districts. The parties were requested by the court to submit suggested plans, and the applicants did so on May 17. All four plans suggested by applicants utilized single-member districts ex*691clusively in Hinds County. The following day, May 18, the court issued its own plan, which included single- and multi-member districts in each House; Hinds County was…

2Cited by190 opinions

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  2. Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Chapman v. MeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Connor v. FinchSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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