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Fortson Vs. Toombs

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 18, 1965

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  12. U.S. 621 (1965) U.S. Supreme Court Fortson v. Toombs
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  13. U.S. 621 (1965) Fortson v. Toombs
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  14. remanded. PER CURIAM. The District Court, having held that the Georgia Legislature was malapportioned ( Toombs v. Fortson
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  15. part of the decree and remand to the District Court, to whom we give a wide range in moulding a decree ( United States v. Crescent
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  16. International Boxing Club of New York v. United
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  17. accordance with Article XIII, Section I, Article 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, 1945. ( See Hammond v. Clarke
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  18. post, pp. 379 U. S. 638 -639), but not depriving the question of the attribute of justiciability. Cf. Young v. United
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  19. See Labor Board v. Pennsylvania
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  20. Southern Pac. Terminal Co. v. Interstate
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  21. of one who is harmed or is currently threatened with harm caused by the allegedly unconstitutional action. See Stearns v. Wood
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  22. within the traditional bounds of concrete, live controversies, actively pressed by real adverse parties. See Fortson v. Dorsey
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  23. questions unless it is necessary to do so to preserve the rights of the parties. See Liverpool, N.Y. & P. S.S. Co. v. Commissioners
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  24. Ashwander v. Tennessee
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  25. Coffman v. Breeze
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  26. the effect such judgments might have Page 379 U. S. 633 upon future actions in similar circumstances. Little v. Bowers
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  27. California v. San
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  28. newly elected legislature or some future one will submit a wholly new constitution to the voters. Cf. Bus Employees v. Missouri
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  29. of the legislature's future conduct would undoubtedly render this issue unripe for adjudication. See New Jersey v. Sargent
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  30. Arizona v. California
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  31. Electric Bond & Share Co. v. SEC
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  32. Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory
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  33. the order was entered makes the issue in this appeal, in my view, similarly unsuitable for adjudication. United States v. Alaska
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  34. them. It also will remove any precedential effect of the opinion of the District Court on this issue. United States v. Munsingwear
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  35. Chicago & Grand Trunk R. Co. v. Wellman
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  37. See American Woodpaper Co. v. Heft
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  38. South Spring Hill Gold Page 379 U. S. 635 Mining Co. v. Amador
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  39. Mining Co., 145 U. S. 300 . The situation in this case is a far cry from that presented in Bus Employees v. Missouri
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  40. become highly problematical that the conduct which underlay the controversy would be repeated. In Federal Trade Comm'n v. Goodyear
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  41. J. I. Case Co. v. Labor
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  42. will repeat conduct they consider illegal. The case is therefore much more closely analogous to United States v. Alaska
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  43. Thus, this portion of the slate would be wiped clean, United States v. Munsingwear
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  44. the jurisdiction of the District Court to enter its modified order while appeal is pending in this Court, see Schempp v. School
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  45. San Mateo County v. Southern
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  46. Bus Employees v. Wisconsin
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  47. of this determination and the propriety of the District Court's having made it. See Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City
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  48. See Baker v. Carr
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  49. See United States v. Alaska
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  50. See San Mateo County v. Southern
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