WELLS v. ROCKEFELLER

No. 238.

394 U.S. 542 (1969)

WELLS v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. McKay argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

George D. Zuckerman, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was argued with Kirkpatrick v. Preisler, ante, p. 526, which affirmed the judgment of a three-judge District Court declaring invalid Missouri's 1967 congressional districting statute. Before us here is a judgment of a three-judge District Court for the Southern District of New York which sustained the validity of New York's 1968 congressional districting statute, N. Y. Laws 1968, c. 8...

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