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SWANN v. ADAMS

No. 136.

385 U.S. 440 (1967)

87 S.Ct. 569

17 L.Ed.2d 501

SWANN ET AL. v. ADAMS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. P. S. Paul argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were P. D. Thomson, Neal Rutledge, Richard F. Wolfson, Thomas C. Britton and Stuart Simon.

Earl Faircloth, Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief for appellees Adams et al. were Edward D. Cowart, W. E. Bishop, Jr., and Robert A. Chastain, Assistant Attorneys General. On the brief for appellee Freeman were Leo L. Foster and John A. Madigan, Jr.

David Popper, Stewart D. Allen and John M. Dyer filed a brief for Davis et al., as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents still another development in the efforts of the State of Florida to apportion its legislature in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Constitution. There have been previous chapters in this story. The litigation began in 1962. On June 22, 1964, in Swann v. Adams, 378 U.S. 553, we reversed the judgment of the three-judge District Court upholding...

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