Davis v. Mann

Davis v. Mann
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 14, 18, 1963
Decided June 15, 1964
Full case nameLevin Nock Davis, Secretary of the State Board of Elections, et al. v. Harrison Mann, et al.
Citations377 U.S. 678 (more)
84 S. Ct. 1441; 12 L. Ed. 2d 609; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1005
Case history
PriorMann v. Davis, 213 F. Supp. 577 (E.D. Va. 1962)
SubsequentMann v. Davis, 245 F. Supp. 241 (E.D. Va. 1965)
Holding
The Court struck down Virginia's state legislative district inequality, basing their decision on the principle of "one person, one vote."
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
MajorityWarren, joined by Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, White, Goldberg
ConcurrenceStewart
DissentHarlan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Equal Protection Clause

Davis v. Mann, 377 U.S. 678 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court which was one of a series of cases decided in 1964 that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.[1]

David J. Mays and Robert McIlwaine[2] advocated on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Edmund D. Campbell and Henry E. Howell, Jr. advocated on behalf of the plaintiff Northern Virginia legislators. The Supreme Court issued the opinion in this case along with Reynolds v. Sims and cites that the opinion.

  1. ^ Davis v. Mann, 377 U.S. 678 (1964).
  2. ^ "Robert McIlwaine, figure in court fights over race, dies at 90". February 25, 2015.