Legal Opinion
Gomillion v. Lightfoot
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 14, 1960No. 32PublishedCited by 1,070 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This litigation challenges the validity, under the United States Constitution, of Local Act No. 140, passed by the Legislature of Alabama in 1957, redefining the boundaries of the City of Tuskegee. Petitioners, Negro citizens of Alabama who were, at the time of this redistricting measure, residents of the City of Tuskegee, brought an action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for a declaratory judgment that Act 140 is unconstitutional, and for an injunction to restrain the Mayor and officers of Tuskegee and the officials of Macon County, Alabama, from…
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