Gomillion v. Lightfoot

Gomillion v. Lightfoot
Argued October 18–19, 1960
Decided November 14, 1960
Full case nameGomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of Tuskegee, et al.
Citations364 U.S. 339 (more)
81 S. Ct. 125; 5 L. Ed. 2d 110
Case history
Prior167 F. Supp. 405 (M.D. Ala. 1958); affirmed, 270 F.2d 594 (5th Cir. 1959).
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
MajorityFrankfurter, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart
ConcurrenceWhittaker
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XV

Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found an electoral district with boundaries created to disenfranchise African Americans violated the Fifteenth Amendment.[1]

  1. ^ Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960).