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Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549 (1972)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549 (1972)
Connor v. Williams No. 71-221 Decided January 24, 1972 404 U.S. 549
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
Syllabus
Appellants challenge a federal court-ordered reapportionment plan for the 1971 elections of Mississippi state legislators, which permitted a total variance of approximately 19% between the largest and smallest House and Senate districts. The court plan also provided for temporary multi-member districts to fill about one-fifth of the seats in 1971, but ordered the appointment of a Special Master in January, 1972, to determine the feasibility of dividing these into equal-population districts for the 1975 and 1979 elections.
Held:
1. Even if it be assumed that congressional redistricting decisions of this Court, which appellants rely on, are controlling here, it does not follow that the 1971 elections should be invalidated, and, in the circumstances of this case, those elections will not be disturbed.
2. Further consideration is inappropriate until completion of the proceedings to consider creation of single-member districts.
330 F.Supp. 506, vacated in part, and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549 (1972) in 404 U.S. 549 Original Sources, accessed July 2, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLTP1MZ7SW2RYNL.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549 (1972), in 404 U.S. 549, Original Sources. 2 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLTP1MZ7SW2RYNL.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549 (1972). cited in 1972, 404 U.S. 549. Original Sources, retrieved 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLTP1MZ7SW2RYNL.
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