Supreme Court of the United States, 1964

Hearne v. Smylie

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 22, 1964 · Forty-Fourth, Colorado, Sims

378 U.S. 563; 84 S. Ct. 1917; 12 L. Ed. 2d 1036; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 850 (United States Reports)

Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment below is reversed. Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186; Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533. 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 would reverse on the basis of his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713, 741. Mr. Justice Stewart would remand for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713, 744. Mr. Justice Harlan dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533, 589.

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