Legal Opinion
Swann v. Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1967No. 136PublishedCited by 280 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This case presents still another development in the efforts of the State of Florida to apportion its legislature in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Constitution. There have been previous chapters in this story. The litigation began in 1962. On June 22, 1964, in Swann v. Adams, 378 U. S. 553, we reversed the judgment of the three-judge District Court upholding the then-current legislative apportionment in Florida and remanded the case for further proceedings, consistent with the Court’s opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533, and its companion cases. The District Court then…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Swann v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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