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Board of Estimate of Nyc Vs. Morris

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 22, 1989

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  1. Abate Vs. Mundt US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1971
  2. Luther Vs. Borden US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1849
  3. Brown Vs. Thomson US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1983
  4. Reynolds Vs. Sims US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
  5. Connor Vs. Finch US Supreme Court · May 31, 1977
  6. Chapman Vs. Meier US Supreme Court · Jan 27, 1975
  7. Dunn Vs. Blumstein US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1972
  8. Wesberry Vs. Sanders US Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1964
  9. U.S. 688 (1989) U.S. Supreme Court Board of Estimate of NYC v. Morris
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  10. U.S. 688 (1989) Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
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  11. which concluded that the board was a nonelective, nonlegislative body not subject to the rule established by Reynolds v. Sims
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  12. its members ultimately are chosen by popular vote. On remand, the District Court determined that applying the Abate v. Mundt
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  13. F.Supp. 652 (EDNY 1982), on the ground that the board was not subject to the rule established by Reynolds v. Sims
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  14. U. S. 533 (1964), its companion cases, and its progeny, such as Abate v. Mundt
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  15. Bifurcating the proceedings, the District Court determined, first, that applying this Court's methodology in Abate v. Mundt
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  16. F.2d 384 (CA2 1987). Tracing the imperative of each citizen's equal power to elect representatives from Reynolds v. Sims
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  17. to Abate v. Mundt
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  18. extends not only to congressional districting plans, see Wesberry v. Sanders
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  19. U. S. 1 (1964), not only to state legislative districting, see Reynolds v. Sims
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  20. supra, but also to local government apportionment. Avery v. Midland
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  21. local, elected officials, suffices to insulate the latter from the standard of substantial voter equality. See Avery v. Midland
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  22. County, supra, at 390 U. S. 481 . This was confirmed in Hadley v. Junior
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  23. of the legislative bodies of the Nation, State, or locality, as the case may be. Reynolds v. Sims
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  24. to require that elections to the body comply with equal protection strictures. See Hadley v. Junior
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  25. we have once before, although in a different context, declined to accept the approach now urged by the city. Whitcomb v. Chavis
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  26. that, in terms of assuring fair and effective representation, the equal protection approach reflected in the Reynolds v. Sims
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  27. the board, each with a single vote. Applying the formula that we have utilized without exception since 1971, see Abate v. Mundt
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  28. could ever be justified. See Brown v. Thomson
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  29. Together with No. 87-1112, Ponterio v. Morris
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  30. analysis in this context focuses on representation of people, not political or economic interests. See, e.g., Reynolds v. Sims
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  31. Appellees point out that, in Avery v. Midland
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  32. the issue before the Court was whether our decision in Reynolds v. Sims
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  33. Fair Representation v. Tawes
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  34. Lucas v. Forty-Fourth
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  35. U.S. Supreme Court Board of Estimate of NYC v. Morris
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  36. Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
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  37. the Abate v. Mundt
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  38. Avery v. Midland
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  39. See Avery v. Midland
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  40. Hadley v. Junior
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  41. See Hadley v. Junior
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  42. the Reynolds v. Sims
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  43. See Brown v. Thomson
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  44. Ponterio v. Morris
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  45. Fair Representation v. Tawes
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  46. Gaffney v. Cummings
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  47. Mahan v. Howell
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  48. Whitcomb v. Chavis
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