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EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BD. v. MARSHALL

No. 73-861.

424 U.S. 636 (1976)

96 S.Ct. 1083

47 L.Ed.2d 296

EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ET AL. v. MARSHALL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Ward, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jack Greenberg and Eric Schnapper.

Brian K. Landsberg argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Pottinger, John C. Hoyle, and Jessica Dunsay Silver.*

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue raised by this case is how compliance with the one-man, one-vote principle should be achieved in a parish (county) that is admittedly malapportioned.

Plaintiff Zimmer, a white resident of East Carroll Parish, La., brought suit in 1968 alleging that population disparities among the wards of the parish had unconstitutionally denied him the right to cast an effective vote in elections for members...

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