Legal Opinion
Toombs v. Fortson
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided April 1, 1965No. Civ. A. 7883PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Per curiam
This opinion and order will conclude the second chapter in this case arising out of Georgia legislative malapportionment. For the first chapter see Toombs v. Fortson, N.D.Ga., 1962, 205 F.Supp. 248, where we held that either the House of Representatives or the Senate must be apportioned on the basis of population. We retained jurisdiction pending action by the Georgia Assembly to that end, and also pending decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in cases involving the contention that both houses of a state legislature must be apportioned according to population. The General…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Sims v. BaggettDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1965
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- Silver v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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