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Karcher Vs. Daggett

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 22, 1983

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  1. White Vs. Weiser US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1973
  2. Wesberry Vs. Sanders US Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1964
  3. Connor Vs. Finch US Supreme Court · May 31, 1977
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  4. Burns Vs. Richardson US Supreme Court · Apr 25, 1966
  5. Wells Vs. Rockefeller US Supreme Court · Apr 07, 1969
  6. Reynolds Vs. Sims US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  7. Upham Vs. Seamon US Supreme Court · Apr 01, 1982
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  8. Gomillion Vs. Lightfoot US Supreme Court · Nov 14, 1960
  9. Graves Vs. Barnes US Supreme Court · Feb 07, 1972
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  10. U.S. 725 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Karcher v. Daggett
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  11. U.S. 725 (1983) Karcher v. Daggett
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  12. that each significant variance between districts was necessary to achieve some legitimate goal. Cf. Kirkpatrick v. Preisler
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  13. U. S. 530 . Only the principle of population equality as developed in Kirkpatrick, supra, and Wesberry v. Sanders
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  14. judge District Court declared New Jersey's 1982 reapportionment plan unconstitutional on the authority of Kirkpatrick v. Preisler
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  15. U. S. 526 (1969), and White v. Weiser
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  16. Daggett v. Kimmelman
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  17. standard requires that the State make a good faith effort to achieve precise mathematical equality. See Reynolds v. Sims
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  18. Id. at 394 U. S. 531 . Accord, White v. Weiser
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  19. Swann v. Adams
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  20. White v. Weiser
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  21. but we have not questioned the population equality standard for congressional districts. See, e.g., White v. Weiser
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  22. for congressional districts has not proved unjust or socially or economically harmful in experience. Cf. Washington v. Dawson
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  23. and oft-confirmed constitutional interpretation would impair our authority in other cases, Florida Dept. of Health v. Florida
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  24. Pollock v. Farmers'
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  25. than it is to be smaller or the same size. That certainty is sufficient for decisionmaking. Cf. City of Newark v. Blumenthal
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  26. in the 200th Legislature had smaller maximum deviations than the Feldman Plan. 535 F.Supp. at 982. Cf. White v. Weiser
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  27. Page 462 U. S. 740 See also Swann v. Adams
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  28. to prove that the population deviations in its plan were necessary to achieve some legitimate state objective. White v. Weiser
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  29. Upham v. Seamon
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  30. and avoiding contests between incumbent Representatives. As long as the criteria are nondiscriminatory, see Gomillion v. Lightfoot
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  31. that, on a proper showing, could justify minor population deviations. See, e.g., West Virginia Civil Liberties Union v. Page
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  32. Reynolds v. Sims
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  33. test. v. The
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  34. District Court properly applied the two-part test of Kirkpatrick v. Preisler
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  35. population equality without the specific showing described infra at 462 U. S. 740 -741. See Kirkpatrick v. Preisler
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  36. enact a new plan after a recent census has shown that the existing plan is grossly malapportioned. See, e.g., Carstens v. Lamm
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  37. Shayer v. Kirkpatrick
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  38. O'Sullivan v. Brier
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  39. Donnelly v. Meskill
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  40. David v. Cahill
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  41. Skolnick v. State
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  42. equality did not entirely preclude small deviations caused by adherence to consistent state policies. See Swann v. Adams
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  43. Kirkpatrick standard have consistently recognized that small deviations could be justified. See, e.g., Doulin v. White
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  44. West Virginia Civil Liberties Union v. Rockefeller
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  45. Kirkpatrick standard to evaluate proposed remedies for unconstitutional apportionments have often, as in White v. Weiser
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  46. deviation in favor of plans with slightly higher deviations that reflected consistent state policies. See, e.g., David v. Cahill
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  47. Kirkpatrick test to apportionments of state legislatures, before this Court disapproved the practice in Mahan v. Howell
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  48. U. S. 315 (1973), also understood that justification of small deviations was a very real possibility. E.g., Kelly v. Bumpers
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  49. Ferrell v. Oklahoma
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Karcher v. Daggett
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