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KARCHER v. DAGGETT

No. 81-2057.

462 U.S. 725 (1983)

103 S.Ct. 2653

77 L.Ed.2d 133

KARCHER, SPEAKER, NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY, ET AL. v. DAGGETT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Harry R. Sachse, Loftus E. Becker, Jr., Donald J. Simon, Clive S. Cummis, Charles J. Walsh, Jerald D. Baranoff, Leon J. Sokol, Michael D. Solomon, Lawrence T. Marinari, and Robert A. Farkas.

Bernard Hellring argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Jonathan L. Goldstein, Robert S. Raymar, and Stephen L. Dreyfuss.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented by this appeal is whether an apportionment plan for congressional district satisfies Art. I, § 2, of the Constitution without need for further justification if the population of the largest district is less than one percent greater than the population of the smallest district. A three-judge District Court declared New Jersey's 1982 reapportionment plan unconstitutional on the authority...

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