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FORTSON v. DORSEY

No. 178.

379 U.S. 433 (1965)

FORTSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA v. DORSEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Rodgers, Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia.

Edwin F. Hunt argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were William C. O'Kelley and Charles A. Moye, Jr.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Georgia's 1962 Senatorial Reapportionment Act1 apportions the 54 seats of the Georgia Senate among the State's 159 counties. The 54 senatorial districts created by the Act are drawn, so far as possible, along existing county lines. Thirty-three of the senatorial districts are made up of from one...

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