Toombs v. Fortson’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
October 1972
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Roman v. Sincock · Swann v. Adams · Dusch v. Davis · Kilgarlin v. Hill
Most-quoted passages
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““This court canno.t give an advisory opinion in advance of the action of the General Assembly in carrying out the previous mandate of the court. However, we think it appropriate to state again that emphasis should be placed upon attaining as nearly mathematically equal representation as is practicable rather than upon seeking to justify deviations within certain arbitrary percentage tolerances.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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