Gomillion v. Lightfoot

Gomillion v. Lightfoot
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 18–19, 1960 Decided November 14, 1960
Full case name	Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of Tuskegee, et al.
Citations	364 U.S. 339 (more) 364 U.S. 339; 81 S. Ct. 125; 5 L. Ed. 2d 110; 1960 U.S. LEXIS 189
Prior history	Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Holding
Electoral district boundaries drawn only to disenfranchise blacks violate the Fifteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan, Jr. Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority	Frankfurter, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart
Concurrence	Whittaker
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XV

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Gomillion v. Lightfoot

Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960)^[1], was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled the redrawing of the city's electoral district boundaries to prevent blacks from voting was unconstitutional.^[1] The unanimous Court held that it violated the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[2] This case was one of several that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Allen Mendenhall, Auburn University. "Gomillion v. Lightfoot". The Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. ↑ "Gomillion v. Lightfoot". IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved 15 April 2016.