Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Sims
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 12, 1964No. 23PublishedCited by 3,647 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
Involved in these cases are an appeal and two cross-appeals from a decision of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama holding invalid, under *669the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution, the existing and two legislatively proposed plans for the apportionment of seats in the two houses of the Alabama Legislature, and ordering into effect a temporary reapportionment plan comprised of parts of the proposed but judicially disapproved measures.1
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On August 26, 1961, the original plaintiffs (appellees in No. 23), residents, taxpayers and voters of Jefferson County,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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