Legal Opinion
Cox, Georgia Secretary of State v. Larios
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 2004No. 03-1413PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Concurrence 1
Affirmed on appeal from D. C. N. D. Ga.
2Concurrence · StevensJustice Stevens
Today we affirm the District Court’s judgment that Georgia’s legislative reapportionment plans for the State House of Representatives and Senate violate the one-person, one-vote principle of the Equal Protection Clause. The District Court’s findings disclose two reasons for the unconstitutional population deviations in the state legislative reapportionment plans. The first was “a deliberate and systematic policy of favoring rural and inner-city interests at the expense of suburban areas north, east, and west of Atlanta.” 300 F. Supp. 2d 1320,1327 (ND Ga.…
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