Swann v. Adams

Decision Date22 June 1964
Docket NumberNo. 297,297
Citation378 U.S. 553,12 L.Ed.2d 1033,84 S.Ct. 1904
PartiesRichard H. M. SWANN v. Tom ADAMS, Secretary of State of Florida, et al
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. of Florida, C. Graham Carothers, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Edward S. Jaffry and Joseph C. Jacobs, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment below is reversed. Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362. 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 grounds stated in his opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 587, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 1395.

Mr. Justice STEWART would remand for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed in his dissenting opinion in Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado, 377 U.S. 713, 744, 84 S.Ct. 1459, 1477.

Mr. Justice HARLAND dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 589, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 1395.

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