Legal Opinion · Dissent
Graves v. Barnes
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided October 31, 1977No. Civ. A. A-71-CA-142 to A-71-CA-145, A-73-CA-115, A-73-CA-146 and A-73-CA-155Published
1Dissent
JOHN H. WOOD, Jr., District Judge,
dissenting:
Forewarned by other Supreme Court reversals of the majority in this very case, but still undaunted, this Court again sallies forth into the political thicket on another legislative reapportionment expedition. Again, the majority in this, its latest Opinion, without rhyme, reason, logic, foundation, fact or judicial precedent, has maneuvered an absolutely 180 degree about-face and has completely and totally reversed its earlier decision in this case approving the original State’s Plan under which the last Texas legislative elections were conducted.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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