Supreme Court· 1/9/1967

Swann v. Adams

Citations

385 U.S. 440
87 S. Ct. 569
17 L. Ed. 2d 501
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2577

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reversing a decision upholding a reapportionment plan where the state failed to present, and the district court failed to articulate, “acceptable reasons for the variations” of 30% among senate districts and 40% among house districts
holding 26% variation violated the Fourteenth Amendment
holding 26% variation violated the Fourteenth Amendment
“Florida could have come much closer to providing districts of equal population that it did” and still advanced its policy
\fact that a 10% or 15% variation from the norm is approved in one State has little bearing on the validity of a similar variation in another State\
“fact that a 10% or 15% variation from the norm is approved in one State has little bearing on the validity of a similar variation in another State”

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Judges: White, Harlan, Stewart

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