The case was reargued before the court before a clear decision was attained, and Justice Charles Wittaker recused himself from it.
The case was reargued before the court before a clear decision was attained, and Justice Charles Wittaker recused himself from it. The dissenting opinion upheld a prior decision in Colegrove vs. Green and suggested, "Courts ought not to enter" a "thicket." However, in a 6-2 decision with a concurring opinion from Douglas, Justice Brennan agreed with the plaintiff, a resident of Shelby County, that the issue violated the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment. Shifting the court's prior "political question" doctrine, and supplemented by Reynolds v. Sims, for 10 points, name this Warren court case which dealt with reapportionment of districts in Tennessee.
The case was reargued before the court before a clear decision was attained, and Justice Charles Wittaker recused himself from it.
Baker v. Carr [either or both party names in any order]