Swann v. Adams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• court could not delay effectuation of remedy until 1969 legislative session in case filed in 1962
• the Supreme Court ordered a valid apportionment plan “be made effective for the 1966 elections”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Swann v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 280×
• Terrazas v. Ramirez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-12-17· cited 174×
• Maryland Citizens for a Representative General Assembly v. Governor of Maryland
  Fourth Circuit· 1970-07-09· cited 73×
• In re Senate Joint Resolution of Legislative Apportionment 1176
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-03-09· cited 36×
• Chavis v. Whitcomb
  S.D. Indiana· 1969-07-28· cited 35×
• Graves v. Barnes
  W.D. Texas· 1974-05-28· cited 26×
• Flateau v. Anderson
  S.D. New York· 1982-04-02· cited 25×
• Rockefeller v. Wells
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 24×
• Maryland Citizens Committee for Fair Congressional Redistricting, Inc. v. Tawes
  D. Maryland· 1966-05-03· cited 22×
• In Re Constitutionality of Resolution 1987
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-05-03· cited 21×
• Preisler v. Secretary of State of Missouri
  W.D. Missouri· 1966-08-05· cited 19×
• In Re Apportionment Law, Etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-05-12· cited 16×
• Preisler v. Secretary of State of Missouri
  W.D. Missouri· 1968-03-04· cited 12×
• Kelly v. Bumpers
  E.D. Arkansas· 1972-03-21· cited 10×
• O'Shields v. McNair
  D. South Carolina· 1966-02-28· cited 8×
• Dobson v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City
  D. Maryland· 1971-08-23· cited 7×
• Pohoryles v. Mandel
  D. Maryland· 1970-04-28· cited 4×
• Cummings v. Meskill
  D. Connecticut· 1972-09-08· cited 3×
• Skolnick v. Mayor And City Council Of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1969-08-18· cited 2×
• Toombs v. Fortson
  N.D. Georgia· 1966-03-25· cited 2×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Reynolds v. Sims
  Supreme Court· 1964-10-12· cited 3,703×
• Swann v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 1964-10-12· cited 14×