Supreme Court of the United States, 1964

Germano v. Kerner

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 22, 1964 · Clark, Stewart, Campbell, Supp, Illinois, Sims, Goldberg

378 U.S. 560; 84 S. Ct. 1908; 12 L. Ed. 2d 1034; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 846 (United States Reports)

Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment below is reversed. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533; Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713. 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 and Mr. Justice Stewart would affirm the judgment, because, as the opinions of Judge Campbell and Judge Schnackenberg demonstrate, 220 F. Supp. 230, 235, the Illinois system of legislative apportionment is entirely rational and 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. Mr. Justice Goldberg took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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