Gray v. Sanders

Gray v. Sanders
Argued January 17, 1963
Decided March 18, 1963
Full case nameGray, Chairman of the Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee, et al. v. Sanders
Citations372 U.S. 368 (more)
83 S. Ct. 801; 9 L. Ed. 2d 821; 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1944
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Subsequent203 F. Supp. 158 (N.D. Ga. 1962), judgment vacated and case remanded.
Holding
State elections must adhere to the "one person, one vote" principle.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Warren, Black, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
ConcurrenceStewart, joined by Clark
DissentHarlan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549 (1946)

Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 (1963), was a Supreme Court of the United States case dealing with equal representation in regard to the American election system and formulated the famous "one person, one vote" standard applied in this case for "counting votes in a Democratic primary election for the nomination of a United States Senator and statewide officers — which was practically equivalent to election."