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BAKER v. CARR 369 U.S. 186

Baker v. Carr

369 U.S. 186 | 1962-03-26

 

369 U.S. 186

Baker v. Carr (No. 6)

 

Argued: April 19-20, 1961

Decided: March 26, 1962

179 F.Supp. 824, reversed and cause remanded

Syllabus
Opinion, Brennan
Concurrence, Douglas
Concurrence, Clark
Concurrence, Stewart
Dissent, Frankfurter
Dissent, Harlan
Syllabus

Appellants are persons allegedly qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Tennessee representing the counties in which they reside. They brought suit in a Federal District Court in Tennessee under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, to redress the alleged deprivation of their federal constitutional rights by...