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HADLEY v. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT

No. 37.

397 U.S. 50 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 791

25 L.Ed.2d 45

HADLEY ET AL. v. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Achtenberg argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

William J. Burrell argued the cause for appellees Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City et al. With him on the brief were Clarence H. Dicus and Heywood H. Davis. Louis C. DeFeo, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, argued the cause for appellee the Attorney General of Missouri. With him on the brief was John C. Danforth, Attorney General, pro se.

Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Leonard, and Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, pro se, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel M. Cohen, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the Attorney General of New York as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the extent to which the Fourteenth Amendment and the "one man, one vote" principle apply in the election of local governmental officials. Appellants are residents and taxpayers of the Kansas City School District, one of eight separate school districts that have combined to form the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City. Under Missouri law separate school districts may vote by referendum...

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