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TAYLOR v. McKEITHEN

No. 71-784.

407 U.S. 191 (1972)

92 S.Ct. 1980

32 L.Ed.2d 648

TAYLOR ET AL v. McKEITHEN, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1972.

PER CURIAM.

The 1970 self-reapportionment of the Louisiana Legislature was challenged in this lawsuit on the dual grounds that it offended both the one-man, one-vote principle and the prohibition against voting arrangements designed to dilute the voting strength of racial minorities. After the United States Attorney General interposed an objection to the election law change under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c, the...

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