Nixon v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
January 1972
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Gomillion v. Lightfoot · Burns v. Richardson · Fortson v. Dorsey · WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al.
Most-quoted passages
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“. the apportionment of the Alabama Legislature as herein ordered remain in effect without change, except by order of this Court, until the Legislature of the State of Alabama reapportions itself . . . after the next decennial census to be conducted in 1970. . . . [Unpublished decree.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sims v. Amos
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