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WHITE v. WEISER

No. 71-1623.

412 U.S. 783 (1973)

WHITE, SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS v. WEISER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Black, Jr., argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Crawford C. Martin, former Attorney General of Texas, John L. Hill, Attorney General, John M. Barron, First Assistant Attorney General, and Samuel D. McDaniel.

Lawrence Fischman argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was David H. Rosenberg. J. Douglas McGuire filed a brief for appellees Van Henry Archer, Jr., et al.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the congressional reapportionment of the State of Texas.

On June 17, 1971, the Governor of the State of Texas signed into law Senate Bill One (S. B. 1), Tex. Acts, 62d Leg., 1st Called Sess., c. 12, p. 38, providing for the congressional redistricting of the State. S. B. 1 divided the State into 24 congressional districts for the ensuing decennium.1 Based...

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