Reynolds v. Sims
- Decided
- October 12, 1964
- Docket
- 23
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 3,703 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that Fourteenth Amendment prohibits diluting right of citizens to vote by maintaining malapportioned districts — Nixon v. Kent County (1996)
- holding that the right to vote and to gain access to the ballot is fundamental — American Federation of Government Employees v. United States (2002)
- holding that "the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis" — Semple v. Griswold (2019)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
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 [*669] the 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]
I.
Statutes cited
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983
- 28 U.S.C. § 1343
- 28 U.S.C. § 2281
Cite this
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964)Read the full opinion
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