Legal Opinion

Germano v. Kerner

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 22, 1964No. 636PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Per curiam

The judgment below is reversed. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533; Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713. The case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in our opinions in Reynolds v. Sims and in the other cases relating to state legislative apportionment decided along with Reynolds.

Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Stewart would affirm the judgment, because, as the opinions of Judge Campbell and Judge Schnackenberg demonstrate, 220 F. Supp. 230, 235, the Illinois system of legislative apportionment is entirely rational and does not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Germano v. KernerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1963

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Scott v. GermanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Livingston v. OgilvieIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  3. People Ex Rel. Engle v. KernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Butcher v. BloomSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. Honsey v. DonovanDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1964

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