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Wise Vs. Lipscomb

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 22, 1978

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  1. Chapman Vs. Meier US Supreme Court · Jan 27, 1975
  2. Burns Vs. Richardson US Supreme Court · Apr 25, 1966
  3. Connor Vs. Finch US Supreme Court · May 31, 1977
  4. Fortson Vs. Dorsey US Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1965
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  5. Connor Vs. Waller US Supreme Court · Jun 05, 1975
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  6. Connor Vs. Williams US Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1972
  7. Roman Vs. Sincock US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  8. U.S. 535 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Wise v. Lipscomb
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  9. U.S. 535 (1978) Wise v. Lipscomb
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  10. the plan only under constitutional standards without also applying the teaching of East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  11. for purposes of federal court review, concluded that the instant case is controlled by Burns v. Richardson
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  12. for failure to state a claim, but the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit disagreed and remanded. Lipscomb v. Jonsson
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  13. actions only under constitutional standards, rather than also applying the teaching of East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  14. legislative bodies is a legislative task which the federal courts should make every effort not to preempt. Connor v. Finch
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  15. prefer single member districts over multimember districts, absent persuasive justification to the contrary. Connor v. Johnson
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  16. U. S. 690 , 402 U. S. 692 (1971). We have repeatedly reaffirmed this remedial principle. Connor v. Williams
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  17. East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  18. Connor v. Page
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  19. U. S. 541 Finch, supra, at 431 U. S. 415 . See also Chapman v. Meier
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  20. has declined to hold that state multimember districts are per se unconstitutional. See, for example, Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  21. supra, at 431 U. S. 415 , quoting from Roman v. Sincock
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  22. until clearance has been obtained, should a court address the constitutionality of the new measure. Connor v. Finch
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  23. Page 437 U. S. 545 East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  24. relief in respondents' favor, would alter the nature of the judgment issued by the Court of Appeals. See United States v. New
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  25. the one in this case, were held unconstitutional because they departed from the one-person, one-vote rule of Reynolds v. Sims
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  26. which is the source of the very violation which the court is seeking to eliminate in racial dilution cases. Connor v. Finch
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  27. U. S. 407 , 431 U. S. 415 (1977). See White v. Regester
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  28. of review by a federal court. In my view, however, his reasoning in reaching that conclusion casts doubt on Burns v. Richardson
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  29. U. S. 73 (1966). Page 437 U. S. 548 MR JUSTICE WHITE reads East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  30. that this aspect of Texas law was neither fully briefed nor argued, the assumption seems unnecessary. In Burns v. Richardson
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  31. the Dallas City Council are distinguishable from those of the local governing body in East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  32. law of remedies applicable to judicially devised reapportionment plans. I In East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  33. have been subject to evaluation under the more stringent standards applicable to court-devised plans. See Connor v. Finch
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  34. presumption in favor of single member districts as a matter of federal remedial law is a strong one. See, e.g., Connor v. Johnson
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  35. Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  36. U. S. 124 , 403 U. S. 158 -159 (1971). See also Chapman v. Meier
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  37. I do not agree with my Brother POWELL that Burns v. Richardson
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  38. a temporary, court-ordered plan. See ante at 437 U. S. 540 (opinion of WHITE, J.). See also Connor v. Williams
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  39. U.S. Supreme Court Wise v. Lipscomb
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  40. of East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  41. Lipscomb v. Jonsson
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  42. the Court of Appeals. See United States v. New
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  43. of Reynolds v. Sims
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  44. See White v. Regester
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  45. In Burns v. Richardson
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  46. I In East Carroll Parish School Bd. v. Marshall
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  47. See Connor v. Finch
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  48. In White v. Regester
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  49. Gaffney v. Cummings
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  50. Mahan v. Howell
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