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Connor Vs. Finch

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 31, 1977

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  1. Reynolds Vs. Sims US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  2. Chapman Vs. Meier US Supreme Court · Jan 27, 1975
  3. Taylor Vs. Mckeithen US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1972
  4. Roman Vs. Sincock US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  5. Connor Vs. Williams US Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1972
  6. Connor Vs. Waller US Supreme Court · Jun 05, 1975
  7. U.S. 407 (1977) U.S. Supreme Court Connor v. Finch
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  8. U.S. 407 (1977) Connor v. Finch
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  9. of the federal courts for 12 years. This painfully protracted process of litigation began in the wake of Reynolds v. Sims
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  10. apportionment that had been enacted by the state legislature in 1962. The District Court invalidated that plan. Connor v. Johnson
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  11. no justification for the continuing substantial population variances among the various legislative districts. Connor v. Johnson
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  12. difficulties, however, and did not divide Hinds County into single member districts before the 1971 election. Connor v. Johnson
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  13. of the 1971 plan in the continued absence of a final plan redistricting Hinds, Harrison, and Jackson Counties. Connor v. Williams
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  14. the filing of a new complaint addressing the 1975 legislation, and concluded that it was constitutional. Connor v. Waller
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  15. and that the District Court had accordingly erred in considering its constitutional validity. Connor v. Waller
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  16. embodying a permanent reapportionment plan for Page 431 U. S. 413 the Mississippi Legislature. Connor v. Coleman
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  17. U. S. 191 , 407 U. S. 194 , quoting Sixty-seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens
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  18. that justifies a different result. Mahan v. Howell
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  19. East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall
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  20. strong preference for single member districting that this Court originally announced in this very litigation. Connor v. Johnson
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  21. equal population, so that each person's vote may be given equal weight in the election of representatives. Reynolds v. Sims
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  22. of legislative apportionment. Baker v. Carr
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  23. See Gaffney v. Cummins
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  24. U.S. at 377 U. S. 579 , quoted in Mahan v. Howell
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  25. have enough people to elect a Senator, and only 44 counties have enough people to elect a Representative. Connor v. Johnson
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  26. in the invalidation of three successive legislative apportionments as constitutionally impermissible. See Connor v. Johnson
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  27. supra at 377 U. S. 577 . The question is one of degree. In Chapman v. Meier
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  28. population deviation in the plan for the Virginia House of Delegates. Mahan v. Howell
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  29. U.S. at 420 U. S. 26 . See also Kilgarlin v. Hill
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  30. Since the District Court's legislative reapportionment decree is invalid under the elementary standards of Reynolds v. Sims
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  31. based upon claims that the plan's apportionment of some districts impermissibly dilutes Negro voting strength. Swann v. Adams
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  32. Cf. Chapman v. Meier
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  33. in long corridors that fragment the city of Jackson, where much of the Negro population is concentrated. See Kirksey v. Board
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  34. U.S. Supreme Court Connor v. Finch
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  35. of Reynolds v. Sims
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  36. Hinds, Harrison, and Jackson Counties. Connor v. Williams
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  37. the Mississippi Legislature. Connor v. Coleman
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  38. Sixty-seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens
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  39. Baker v. Carr
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  40. Representative. Connor v. Johnson
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  41. See Connor v. Johnson
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  42. In Chapman v. Meier
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  43. the Virginia House of Delegates. Mahan v. Howell
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  44. Kilgarlin v. Hill
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  45. See Kirksey v. Board
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  46. Together with No. 76-933, Finch, Governor of Mississippi, et al. v. Connor
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  47. Connor v. Johnson
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  48. White v. Regester
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  49. Swann v. Adams
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  50. Mahan v. Howell
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