Hearne v. Smylie

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 22, 1964

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1964-06-22

Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado

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Decided 1964-06-22

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Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently January 2012

3 district · 7 state decisions

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Per Curiam.

¶1 The judgment below is reversed. Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186; Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533. The case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in our opinions in Reynolds v. Sims and in the other cases relating to state legislative apportionment decided along with Reynolds.

Mr. Justice Clark would reverse on the basis of his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713, 741. Mr. Justice Stewart would remand for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U. S. 713, 744. Mr. Justice Harlan dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533, 589.