Davis v. Mann
1964 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Davis v. Mann, 377 U.S. 678 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court which was one of a series of cases decided in 1964 that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.[1]
Quick Facts Davis v. Mann, Argued November 14, 18, 1963 Decided June 15, 1964 ...
Davis v. Mann | |
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Argued November 14, 18, 1963 Decided June 15, 1964 | |
Full case name | Levin Nock Davis, Secretary of the State Board of Elections, et al. v. Harrison Mann, et al. |
Citations | 377 U.S. 678 (more) 84 S. Ct. 1441; 12 L. Ed. 2d 609; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1005 |
Case history | |
Prior | Mann v. Davis, 213 F. Supp. 577 (E.D. Va. 1962) |
Subsequent | Mann v. Davis, 245 F. Supp. 241 (E.D. Va. 1965) |
Holding | |
The Court struck down Virginia's state legislative district inequality, basing their decision on the principle of "one person, one vote." | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Warren, joined by Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, White, Goldberg |
Concurrence | Stewart |
Dissent | Harlan |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Equal Protection Clause |
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David J. Mays and Robert McIlwaine[2] advocated on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Edmund D. Campbell and Henry E. Howell, Jr. advocated on behalf of the plaintiff Northern Virginia legislators. The Supreme Court issued the opinion in this case along with Reynolds v. Sims and cites that the opinion.