Supreme Court of the United States, 1964

Nolan v. Rhodes

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 22, 1964 · No. 454 · Sims, Ohio

378 U.S. 556; 12 L. Ed. 2d 1034; 84 S. Ct. 1906; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 842 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Kenneth G. Weinberg and Stewart R. Jaffy for appellant in No. 454., William B. Saxbe, Attorney General of Ohio, and Hugh A. Sherer for appellees in No. 454., Jerome Goldman, Robert P. Goldman and Harris Weston for appellants in No. 455., William B, Saxbe, Attorney General of Ohio, Gerald A. Donahue, First Assistant Attorney General, and John J. Chester for appellees in No. 455.

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

Armour v. State of Ohio (District Court, N.D. Ohio 1991)
Wilson v. Kasich (Ohio 2012)
Buchanan v. Rhodes (District Court, N.D. Ohio 1966)
Butcher v. Bloom (Pa. 1966)
Honsey v. Donovan (D. Minn. 1964)
Nolan v. Rhodes (District Court, S.D. Ohio 1966)
Nolan v. Rhodes (District Court, S.D. Ohio 1965)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment below is reversed. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533. The cases are 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 grounds stated in his opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533, 587. Mr. Justice Stewart would affirm the judgment because the Ohio system of legislative apportionment is *557 clearly a rational one and clearly does not frustrate effective majority rule. 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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