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Hearne v. Smylie

U.S.
Jun 22, 1964
378 U.S. 563 (1964)

Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO.

No. 1075.

Decided June 22, 1964.

Judgment reversed and case remanded.

Reported below: 225 F. Supp. 645.

Herman J. McDevitt for appellants.

Allan G. Shepard, Attorney General of Idaho, and M. Allyn Dingel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.


The judgment below is reversed. Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186; Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533. The case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in our opinions in Reynolds v. Sims and in the other cases relating to state legislative apportionment decided along with Reynolds.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK would reverse on the basis of his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U.S. 713, 741.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART would remand for further proceedings consistent with the views stated in his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U.S. 713, 744.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 589.


Summaries of

Hearne v. Smylie

U.S.
Jun 22, 1964
378 U.S. 563 (1964)
Case details for

Hearne v. Smylie

Case Details

Full title:HEARNE ET AL. v . SMYLIE, GOVERNOR OF IDAHO, ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 22, 1964

Citations

378 U.S. 563 (1964)

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