Reynolds v. Sims 1964
Must both houses of a state legislature be apportioned by population?
377 U.S. 533 (1964)Voting and elections
- The question
- Must both houses of a state legislature be apportioned by population?
- What the Court held
- Yes. Equal protection requires districts of substantially equal population: one person, one vote.
- The vote
- 8–1
- Read the opinion
- 377 U.S. 533 (1964), full text
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