Legal Opinion
Georgia v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 7, 1973No. 72-75PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The Attorney General of the United States brought this suit under § 12 (d) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973j (d), to enjoin the State of Georgia from conducting elections for its House of Representatives under the 1972 legislative reapportionment law. A three-judge District Court in the Northern District of Georgia agreed that certain aspects of the reapportionment law came within the ambit of § 5 of the Act, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c, and that the State, which is sub*528ject to the provisions of § 5,1 had not obtained prior clearance from either the Attorney General or…
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