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WOOD v. BROOM

No. 424.

287 U.S. 1 (1932)

53 S.Ct. 1

77 L.Ed. 131

WOOD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL. v. BROOM.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 18, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.A. Lauderdale and Wm. H. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General of Mississippi, with whom Mr. Greek L. Rice, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Hugh V. Wall and Cleon K. Calvert, with whom Messrs. J.H. Price, J.O.S. Sanders, and S.B. Laub were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Under the reapportionment pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1929 (c. 28, 46 Stat. 21, 26, 27), Mississippi is entitled to seven representatives in Congress, instead of eight as theretofore. The Legislature of Mississippi, by an act known as House Bill No. 197, Regular Session 1932, divided the State into seven congressional districts. The complainant, alleging that...

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